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Execs sceptical of 2050 net zero goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... oil and gas executives. It is the global scientific consensus that to mitigate the most severe climate impacts, net emissions in global human-caused carbon dioxide (CO2) need to fall by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching net zero by around 2050. ...

Big super's plan on fossil fuel return

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... to comply," Morgan said. Fully, 29 of the 30 funds identify climate change as a significant risk and/or have set an emissions reduction target through an active ownership strategy. Super fund support for climate-related shareholder proposals declined ...

More calls for adaptation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Adaptation should be rolled out alongside emissions mitigation, says assistant minister for climate change and energy Jenny McAllister. It is estimated that climate change will cost US$1.7-3.1 trillion a year through to 2050 globally. For example, the ...

Canberra funds $111m EV transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... which this project does," commented ARENA CEO Darren Miller. "Europcar Mobility Group's project, while helping to reduce emissions in the fleet and rental car market, will also help to get a wider range of EVs into the second-hand market and that's a ...

Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Cannon-Brookes' $1.5 billion philanthropy Boundless Earth and charity Hand Heart Pocket. Regenerative farming for soil health and emissions reductions in Macleay NSW was awarded $14,957. $20,000 was allotted towards build energy efficiency for social ...

Climate group exodus unlikely to hinder climate action: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday voted 3-2 in favour of climate disclosure, excluding Scope 3 emissions, in an outcome labelled as "bare minimum". JP Morgan, Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo have exited the Equator Principles ...

Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation ambition in heavy industry. According to EY, Safeguard Mechanism will deliver "significant reductions" in net emissions, but direct abatement needs will rise to 43 million tonnes per year by 2035. Insurance-wrapped carbon credits brought ...

Podcast: Taking the ESG temperature of ASX companies - Emilie O'Neill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Trust on the results of their 2024 survey and how those results shape their conversations with companies. Greenhouse gas emissions are once again the top ESG priority for companies, according to the most recent Perennial Better Future ESG survey. In ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the climate-focussed objectives of the fund) and has an ambition to be a net-zero company by 2050 - offsetting all the emissions from the use of its products by its customers. It also passed an assessment against the fund's screening criteria that ...

GreenCollar makes strategic acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... noted that farmers are increasingly wanting to understand how to identify and calculate the Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse emissions associated with their operations. "Many farmers are understandably worried about what this means for their business, but ...