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Unite the league: investors join climate coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... to reduce emissions have come into sharp focus with new commitments emerging from the US, Canada, Japan and the European Union in recent weeks," Herd said. "The Australian private sector must be ready to help our country achieve deeper emissions reductions ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... (ICMA) Green Bond Principles and the Climate Bonds Initiative, towards regulation and legal definitions such as the European Union taxonomy for sustainable activities. Gordillo noted. "The natural evolution in the market is that it's something started ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... partners committing to net zero targets, the risk of Australia being a laggard on the international stage, and the European Union's mooted carbon border adjustment mechanism - a trade sanction on goods from countries that do not have emissions targets ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Australian businesses risk having to pay an expensive levy to export goods to the European Union based on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used in making and shipping products. The European Parliament's environment committee recently ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... will also impact on Australia's bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. The Australian government and the European Union (EU) are in latter stages of negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) that will not only serve to strengthen trade between ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
The development of an industry-led taxonomy to provide common definitions of sustainable finance across investment, banking and insurance is one of the next steps in implementing the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative roadmap (ASFI), but while ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... targets and allocating money towards those ends. Carola van Lamoen, head SI Center of Expertise, Robeco, cited the European Union as an example. "You can clearly see that the EU is taking an ambitious sustainable finance plan as part of the EU green ...

Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... countries which have adopted more aggressive emissions reductions policies." The Australian government and the European Union (EU) are in latter stages of negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) that will not only serve to strengthen trade between the ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
The European Union's target for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 will necessitate making green hydrogen a commercially viable energy source by 2030, which brings costs and opportunities, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management. The EU is set to ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... for Morningstar. "Australia is coming off a low base," Kennaway said. "We're way behind Europe and the US.... The European Union is bringing out the taxonomy on sustainable development. A lot of the European developments will flow through to the Australian ...