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ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... under IFRS S2 to offer clarity around existing reliefs and provide further relief in relation to specific Greenhouse Gas emissions disclosures. The ISSB provided an exposure draft, suggesting changes to IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures following feedback ...

ISS ESG introduces new Sustainability Bond Rating

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... to D- (poor performance). "Supplemental data such as alignment with the EU Taxonomy and the estimated greenhouse gas emissions intensity of financed projects can be leveraged to support tailored applications at the discretion of subscribing investors," ...

SEC drops defence of climate disclosures rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... disclose any climate-related risks that would have a material impact on their business, as well as their greenhouse gas emissions, though it did not include Scope 3 emissions reporting or the need to assess supply chains. The Securities and Exchange ...

Podcast: Harnessing synthetic biology for sustainable mining and pollution mitigation

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... of breaking down contaminants like PFAS, and its initiatives in the mining sector to reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions. The episode highlights Allonnia's partnerships in Australia, significant investors including BHP, Vale, and the Bill and ...

US rejects SDGs, Agenda 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... 2021 initiative that mobilised financial resources to assist developing countries to reduce and/or avoid greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, with immediate effect. Australia endorsed Agenda 2030 in 2015 under then-foreign ...

HSBC adds 20 years to net zero ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... operations, travel, and supply chain by 2050." Last year, HSBC reported a reduction in absolute operational greenhouse gas emissions based on energy and business travel of 66.1% from its 2019 baseline. In 2020, HSBC pledged to reach net zero in its operations ...

Asset managers react to news 2C is 'dead'

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... though we've only had a single calendar year at over 1.5C, the warming trend is so strong and our greenhouse gas emissions so high that it's very likely we're now crossing it." 2°C is expected to be breached in 2030, according to an academic ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... emissions technologies, to "facilitate increased flows of finance into the clean energy sector and... greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets". CEFC has "made considerable progress in finance for household sustainability and electric vehicles, which ...

Australian Retirement Trust takes stake in Pattern Energy Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... supporting our Net Zero 2050 Roadmap." The initiative was announced last year, with ART committing to slash greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio to net zero by 2050. Pattern Energy chief executive Hunter Armistead believes the newcomers ...

81 major investors lock in climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... that have set targets. The industry-led asset owner alliance said members have reduced absolute financed greenhouse gas emissions by an average of at least 6% annually, putting them on track to meet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's ...