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Stone & Chalk takes on climate tech

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... organisations to act now to halve greenhouse gas emissions this decade with the aim of providing an opportunity to limit future heating to 1.5°C. Climate technologies will play an integral role in preventing further temperature increases and reducing ...

COP26 week two: impacts for Australians

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... investment in the transition required this decade if Australia is to avoid the costs and missed opportunities if global heating exceeds 1.5C." The second week of COP26 also featured issue-specific days covering women, water and transport, bringing to ...

The importance of infrastructure in the transition to low carbon

URSULA TONKIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... facilitate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Serious changes need to be made in the coming decades. For example, electricity and heating must shift entirely away from fossil fuels, and transport must shift to fully electric or green fuels. Importantly ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... current emissions of construction (Scopes 1 and 2). Resident emissions (Scope 3) are offset, including electricity, space heating, air conditioning and ventilation, water heating, cooking, water use and treatment and waste treatment, inclusive of building ...

APA Group sets net zero targets for emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... into the energy system, and powering hard-to-abate and hard-to-electrify sectors such as industrial heat feedstock and heating needs in colder climates," Wheals said. APA Group owns renewable energy assets - the company has invested over $750 million ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... this clear purpose on commodities, when it comes to putting in a shorting strategies on commodities like crude oil and heating oil, we are now having a bit of a debate about if we're excluding a lot of the sub industries in the sector from an equities ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... be competitive with fossil-fuel energy carriers such as natural gas or petroleum products as an energy source for space heating or transport or power generation," Lewis notes in the research. To reach the 2030 target where green hydrogen displaces grey ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Furthermore, mining and the production of meat are important contributors to society. Steel is produced in a furnace by heating iron ore and coal. Steel is required for the construction of everything from bridges to hospitals and schools. As a result ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... exceeds the minimum standards of the National Construction Code, and homes built to this rating require less energy for heating and cooling, the CEFC said. It will be the first Australian green home loan to use energy efficiency measurement tools to ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... interruptions. If you're in a country like Finland, where the temperature drops to minus 20, you don't want homes without heating. "Other parts of Europe and UK, where there's clearly evidence of increased flooding, we've build some assets above ground ...