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Carbon markets, biodiversity on tap at COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... well as Article 6.4, which deals with how to transfer Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects from under the Kyoto Protocol to a new carbon trading mechanism, without double-counting reductions. "We need to have some substantial progress on carbon ...

Rainmaker reveals ESG super fund leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Information has identified 43 super funds that either identify as ESG super funds in that they are a signatory to an ESG protocol, they offer ESG investment options or they follow standard ESG practices, out of a combined pool of almost 120 eligible ...

New Forests increases California forestry holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... 2014, New Forests was the first company to register an offset project developed under the California Compliance Offset Protocol for the Yurok Tribe. New Forests has announced it will be acquired by Mitsui & Co and Nomura Holdings as the real assets and ...

Nomura, Mitsui announce New Forest acquisition as fund reports on impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... emissions as well as the carbon removals it is responsible for through sequestration activities, using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol guidance. The manager is carbon positive because of its carbon removal activity - Scope 1 removals constitute carbon dioxide ...

Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol to impact Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian government recently ratified the Forced Labour Protocol, committing the federal government to enhanced responses to one of the sources of modern labour. The ratification, which occurred before the May 14 Federal election was called, brings ...

Divestment from sanctioned Russian companies a matter of governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
A number of asset owners have announced that they will divest from Russian holdings in response to the invasion of Ukraine. In addition to ethical considerations, investors will have to sell out of Russian securities if the underlying company appears ...

Evolution Mining commits to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... that the destruction of culturally sensitive land at Juukan Gorge presented a challenge to the mining industry to review protocol, standards and processes. Evolution re-assessed cultural heritage risks to ensure that management is thorough and transparent ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... suggests that companies should be reporting on absolute emissions using calculations based on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which is a global voluntary framework "to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector ...

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 ...

Extreme weather, human rights intensifying ESG focus: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... ozone layer, because that doesn't seem compatible with our investment approach." Under the terms of the Montreal Protocol, air condition and refrigerants that are based on the use of hydrofluorocarbons are being phased out from 2019 through 2036. ...