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Podcast: Speaking truth to power on climate finance

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... activities. This is a key discussion point particularly as we look at Australia's sustainable finance strategy and net zero targets. Here to help us understand it all is Nishtha Aggarwal, financed emissions analyst at think tank Climate Energy Finance. ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... insurers remain primarily focused on climate, yet 20 countries - more than half (54%) of countries assessed - with net zero targets assessed fall short on climate banking supervision policies. Many institutions, including the Hungarian central bank ...

How to spot a credible transition plan: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Editorial note: This is the fifth in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics Moving past ambitious net zero targets, investors are now focusing on how companies will get from here to 2050 and how robust their transition plans are. ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions reductions targets than use of proceeds bonds, but many labelled bond users are not tracking to meet 2050 net zero targets. Corporate issuers are increasingly turning to labelled bonds (corporate-bond issuers in MSCI ESG Ratings coverage with ...

Igneo refinances green credit facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... 1.86 million tonnes of CO2e," Element said. "Of our global portfolio of companies, 19 of 25 companies have set net zero targets and 20 now report on scope 3 emissions, up from seven the prior year. "The GTCF reinforces our momentum towards our goals ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... The Investor Group on Climate Change also endorses the view that companies' political advocacy align with their net zero targets. "Investors and many heavy emitting companies have long realised that accelerated widespread decarbonisation has the highest ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... system, it does require investment at scale in order to achieve capital and operating efficiencies and hit our net zero targets - with distributed energy we are able to fulfil about 60% of Australia's future energy requirement. "With Aware Super's capital ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... suggests that super funds need to reduce the carbon intensity of their portfolios at a rate of 7% a year to meet net zero targets, in line with the EU Carbon Transition Benchmark regulatory framework Q&A with Stephen Catchpole, Finance Sector Lead, Energetics ...

Grim stats for company, investor net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... suggests that super funds need to reduce the carbon intensity of their portfolios at a rate of 7% a year to meet net zero targets, in line with the EU Carbon Transition Benchmark regulatory framework. Scientific Beta notes that this goal "presently appears ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... explicitly target a portfolio temperature outside of dedicated climate or environmental impact strategies, because net zero targets are still a developing subject. S&P TruCost has found that every sector in the S&P 500 aside from financials is not 1.5°C ...