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New Asia-based carbon standards body promises quality carbon credits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
A new carbon credit certifier with a focus on urban and tech-based solutions to decarbonise megacities and aims to have up to 100 projects in a year's time. The Asia Carbon Institute (ACI) has been launched in Singapore and Hong Kong and will focus ...

MONEYME becomes a B Corp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Digital non-bank consumer lender MONEYME has become the third current ASX-listed financial institution to attain B Corp certification. The company started the process of B Corp certification approximately two years ago as a way of demonstrating tangible ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
A major independent study has found that every dollar invested in Australian research generates $3.32 in return. An independent report by ACIL Allen shows that research funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) is varied and has a range of economic ...

Government commits public service to net zero by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian government has committed the Australian Public Service to a net zero 2030 target its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. The Department of Finance has quietly rolled out the target, which will "achieve net zero by actively reducing emissions ...

Bank says fossil fuel exclusions "will bite" in the future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
A growing group of financial institutions from around the world are divesting from fossil fuel companies and projects and becoming certified as fossil-fuel free. This presents a growing challenge as the window of what is considered exposure narrows. ...

RBA sets 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
The Reserve Bank of Australia has committed to a 2030 net zero target for all Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Speaking at the Sir Leslie Melville Lecture in Canberra, incoming governor Michele Bullock announced the target and said the central bank is ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Businesses and investors are balancing how to set and communicate ambitious net zero targets decarbonisation without greenwashing or greenhushing, and getting that correct is a challenge. Regulators around the world have been cracking down on greenhushing ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Financiers do not assess and disclose deforestation and biodiversity loss in Australia and may not even be aware of the risk when funding Australia's primary industries. New research from EY commissioned by The Wilderness Society found that deforestation ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
APAC and Japan data centre specialist AirTrunk has more than doubled the financing of an existing sustianbility linked loan, going from $2.1 billion to $4.6 billion. The transaction will refinance existing debt facilities and support the company's "rapid ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Investing in adaptation and resilience measures will build long-term economic stability, but there are barriers preventing private investment, particularly in high-risk regions. Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Jenny McAllister identified ...

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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability

THE GREENER WAY  |   6:56AM
Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

MATTHEW WAI
Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The likes of Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are calling on the SAG-Producers Pension Plan to dump its holdings in oil and gas companies.

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