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GHG emissions, diversity top concerns for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Greenhouse gas emissions and diversity top the list as areas of focus and improvement for ASX companies, according to Perennial Better Futures. The third annual Perennial Better Futures Survey takes the ESG pulse ASX-listed companies to understand where ...

Brisbane firm to build organic waste to biogas system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... The MMAD system converts organic waste into energy and a fertiliser substitute. Australia is one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, wasting on average 7.3 million tonnes of food annually, which equates to around 300kg per person, according ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... targets to apply to both of AGL's future demerged businesses - AGL Australia, which will hold the company's power, gas and telecommunications retailing divisions and some cleaner generation assets, and Accel Energy, which will hold carbon-heavy ...

Plant agriculture sector in net zero policies: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The agriculture sector is a key contributor to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions and must be included in net zero policies, according to the Grattan Institute. The Grattan Institute has published Towards net zero: Practical policies to reduce agricultural ...

ASIC trains sights on IPO net zero statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... monitoring greenwashing statements. ASIC announced that it had intervened to seek clarification about net zero greenhouse gas emissions statements in an unnamed company's IPO. "'Net zero' statements can be forward-looking statements for which there must ...

Weighing litigation risk of net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... risks. Recently, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) filed a court case which will challenge oil and gas producer Santos' net zero emission target in relation to the viability of carbon capture and storage and environmental ...

La Trobe Financial goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... independent advisers Carbon Neutral to measure emissions activities, using methodologies in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol from the World Resources Institute, and additional data from the Commonwealth Government, international and domestic ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... assets of approximately US$10 trillion, have committed to nine action points to support the goal o global net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner. The initiative is endorsed by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign and supported by the ...

Climate change is changing the outlook for energy utilities

KIRSTY MACKAY-FISHER  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's electricity sector is the nation's single largest source of greenhouse gas pollution, accounting for about a third of our total greenhouse gas emissions. Extreme weather events related to climate change such as prolonged drought, bushfires ...

The importance of infrastructure in the transition to low carbon

URSULA TONKIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... which has been dubbed "the challenge of our lifetime", is reshaping the industries which generate or facilitate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Serious changes need to be made in the coming decades. For example, electricity and heating must shift entirely ...