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New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investors compare their performance against peers, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. It demonstrates that impact investment in the energy sector curbs emissions by 6.1% at the median - notable progress on ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... that, despite a commitment by ANZ in that report that it is aligning its lending portfolio with the goals of the Paris Agreement, it might not have adequate structures in place to do that," Holgersson added. "I'm worried that ANZ is not playing the ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Disclosures' recommendations) and forward-looking commitments to carbon emission pathways (aligned to the Paris Agreement and 2DC/below 2DC warming scenarios)," according to FTSE Russell. The indices combine data and analysis from FTSE Russell and ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... and would also vote against the executive remuneration report. "It is vital that we do see that alignment to the Paris Agreement," Fraser said. "We are working to escalate this concern and we're optimistic that we will be able to ensure that the company ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... 2023 predicts that renewables cost will decline, however current active policies are insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement target of containing global warming at 1.5C. With record growth in areas such as EV sales and renewable energy, by 2040 solar ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... potential values from the same Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report as that applying under the Paris Agreement and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 and related regulations (NGER Scheme legislation)." Kendall ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... be created in areas like clean energy, EVs and energy efficiency, if we are to strive towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. "An economic transition plan that pays attention to the 8500 or so coal-fired power jobs that could be lost in Australia as ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... agenda. Governments are expected to collectively be spending US$100 billion per year on climate finance to meet the Paris Agreement. MDBs, owned and funded by multiple member countries and operating on a multilateral basis, delivered a combined total ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... "accelerating" in Australia due to investors and developers seeking to demonstrate how their projects meet the Paris Agreement. "Being an approved verifier for Climate Bonds enables Arup to support investors and lenders more fulsomely to obtain green ...

Danish pension fund completes US$520m divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... top management in the oil and gas sector simply refuse to do so in [a] manner consistent with the goals of the Paris agreement. Therefore, we have now sold off and excluded ENI, the last remaining upstream fossil fuel company in our portfolio. "Through ...