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A burning issue: decarbonising the global steel industry

ANNA CHONG, ANDY JONES  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... offer. However, despite the difficulties involved, cleaning up steelmaking will be critical to the wider success of decarbonisation efforts, a fact that governments globally increasingly recognise. Approximately 74% of steel production comes from countries ...

Global fund manager buys Australian forestry asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... suppliers of sawlog. Kalyanakumar noted that investments in forestry assets is in line with AXA IM's long term decarbonisation strategies, because they offset emissions in other parts of the portfolio, such as their EUR100 billion investment in direct ...

Infrastructure to offer opportunity for decarbonisation investment: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The infrastructure sector has the opportunity to lead global industry in decarbonisation, according to ClearBridge Investments. But different sectors within infrastructure present different risk and opportunity scenarios and cannot be treated as a monolith ...

Carbon capture and storage questioned after Chevron result

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions from an LNG facility, raising questions as the role that CCS technology can play in reaching decarbonisation targets within the oil and gas industry. On Monday, Chevron, the operator of the CCS facility at the Gorgon LNG plant in Western ...

Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... medium and long term targets, capital expenditure alignment and a remuneration framework that incentivises rapid decarbonisation," Gocher said. "The International Energy Agency's recently published 'Net Zero by 2050' report recommended that all unabated ...

Charting a course to net zero: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
For super funds and other asset owners, setting a net zero decarbonisation target is just the first step in a complex process, according to Neuberger Berman. Neuberger Berman notes that given the physical impacts of climate change and the business risks ...

Calculating the value of green transitions: UBS AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
By calculating the value of decarbonisation strategies, investors can identify which companies in hard-to-abate emissions-intensive sectors are capable of taking stronger action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to UBS Asset Management. ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... contribute to climate change," the policy states. "This commitment includes aligning the QSuper portfolios to a decarbonisation path consistent with achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 in line with the Paris Accord. It will support this approach ...

Why the move to clean energy won't be enough

ALISTAIR MILLS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... challenge of our age'. Regulators and policymakers are also becoming increasingly focused on the urgency of decarbonisation, increasing the importance from an investment context. Whilst the physical risks have been discussed for a number of years ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... on the timeline." Investors are equally concerned about the role that gas can play in the post-COVID drive to decarbonisation. "I speak with investors every day who are engaging with companies on climate," said Climate Action 100+ and Investor Grpoup ...