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Not all net zero targets created equal: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... scopes 1, 2 and 3, and what other greenhouse gas emissions do they cover - is it just carbon emissions, or does it include methane as well?" In examining a company's net zero commitments, Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure will also ...

COP26 week two: impacts for Australians

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... climate envoy John F. Kerry and Chinese special climate envoy Xie Zhenhua cooperation included specific mentions on enhanced methane emission control and phase down of coal. "The US-China " Glasgow Declaration " is an emphatic rebuttal of the notion ...

COP26 commitments on methane to impact infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
COP26 action on reducing methane emissions will bring implications for infrastructure investments, according to ClearBridge Investments. The lack of hard targets from COP26 does not mean that investor action on climate risk will halt, said ClearBridge ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... been welcomed with varying degrees of satisfaction - there have also been a number of announcements around deforestation, methane, accounting standards and other areas. FS Sustainability has spoken with a number of experts this week about how COP26 commitments ...

Carbon offsets essential to net zero ambitions: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... difference between paying me to put the CO2 underground and paying a farmer to change the farming habits to contain the methane emissions from cattle. "The problem with some CCS technologies is that they don't capture 100% of the CO2. What happens to ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... how their carbon footprint can be lowered." There are trade-offs for companies to consider - feed additives that reduce methane from animals comes at an additional cost to feed, Robeco noted. Although the engagement on the meat supply chain did not include ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... a lot of emerging risks and opportunities with respect to clean energy and the management of emissions (in particular methane from landfill sites)," UniSuper said. "Using the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TFCD) reporting framework ...

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... in the transition to a low-carbon economy, you're going to have hydro." The hydro standards are focusing on issues like methane leakage as part of the assessment of projects, Kidney said. "The criteria are designed to avoid the problems in the market ...

IGCC, investor groups issue updated guide for oil and gas industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... scenario. The Marrakech Communique adopted at COP22 also explicitly recognised the oil and gas sector as the largest source of methane globally - a potent greenhouse gas - so if we are to stand a chance of meeting the Paris goals these companies will ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... and/or exporting thermal coal, extracting or refining unconventional oil and extracting and exporting of unconventional methane gas such as coal seam gas through fracking. Under the new policy, Aurora Oil and Gas, AWE Limited, Beach Energy, Bathurst ...