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Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... the decarb [decarbonisation] space. "As an example, Australia was an early leader in innovation in battery storage but now China has taken over as the global leader. This was a missed opportunity." Georgia King-Siem, KPMG enterprise partner and innovation ...

Asia ahead in Science Based Targets race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... of companies on the NIKKEI index, Japan's stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, had set science-based targets. China saw the steepest growth curve with a 194% increase. By the end of 2022, companies representing more than a third of the global ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... up scrutiny, and that they plan on doing so. In fact, there was a comment from the governor of the People's Bank of China describing greenwashing as a moral hazard, and that its supervision must be strict." Mallett noted that in general, regulators ...

New code of practice to mitigate slavery risks in renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... and a large share of metallurgical grade silicon, key components in photovoltaic solar panels, are produced in Xinjiang, China - where the United Nations has identified evidence of state-sponsored forced labour. The production of key components of lithium-ion ...

Building sustainable supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... what their human rights and modern slavery considerations were, particularly because we were sourcing the solar panels from China," Campbell said. "What ended up occurring was because they were two suppliers that were the finalists in that process, and ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... than US$12 trillion and engages with seven major regional energy companies. The group invest in utility companies including China Resources Power Holdings, CLP Holdings, Chubu Electric Power Co., Electric Power Development Co., Huaneng Power, PT Perusahaan ...

Climate: debt rise, credit falls for 59 nations as early as 2030

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... climate-induced sovereign downgrades will increasingly spread across nations, increasing in intensity over the century. China, India, the US and Canada were pinned as most impacted by credit score falls, with their credit scores falling by two notches ...

Seismic shift expected in global energy mix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... advancements in energy storage are crucial elements in achieving a low-carbon economy. Recent policy initiatives will see the US, China and India double their renewable capacity expansion over the next five years, accounting for two-thirds of global ...

China opposes UN calls for net zero shipping by 2050

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... from ships by 2050 from 2008 levels. There are also proposals for a levy on global carbon dioxide emissions on shipping. China, the world's largest export economy, said a net zero by 2050 proposition was unrealistic and a levy would negatively affect ...

Chinese listed companies that invest in ESG show higher quality financial reporting: Study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... their financial reporting. The researchers chose 100 companies at random from a Sina Finance ESG Rating Centre 2021 list of China's top 500 environmental, social and governance (ESG) firms to analyze their accounting practices. "What we found was that ...