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Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... strategies are environmentally friendly, sustainable, or ethical. Greenwashing directly undermines credible efforts to reduce emissions and address the climate crisis. "ASIC is acting, and will continue to act, to prevent investor harm from greenwashing ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The global push for emissions reduction is failing across most sectors, with all but two increasing emissions and widening gaps to targets. Steel has emerged as the most successful performer, with emissions reduced at more than the rate needed to achieve ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... "These projects are the next step towards using locally produced renewable hydrogen in Australia to reduce our industrial emissions and develop a renewable export future." The Albanese government is investing over half a billion dollars in regional Hydrogen ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia Bank. The SLL ties a reduced interest rate to performance against social and environmental KPIs including emissions reduction, renewable generation and carbon neutrality initiatives; sustainable transport initiatives involving the conversion ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... relative to Paris alignment of net zero by 2050. "NZAs provide an independent and comparable assessment of an entity's emissions reduction profile, enabling market participants to better understand the relative positioning of non-financial corporates ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainability Linked Bonds are more likely to achieve 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 ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... in a trend that offers an investment opportunity of at least half a trillion Australian dollars, ahead of mandatory emissions data disclosures due in 2024. Buildings contribute 39% of global carbon emissions, account for 50% of Australia's electricity ...

Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... latent heat capacity, powered by intermittent renewables, for large industrial applications without generating carbon emissions. The energy storage company has now received a total of $4.95 million in grant funding, including $2.2 million from the Australian ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... its focus on the housing sector, which is a key priority for expanding sustainable finance and reducing Australia's emissions, working alongside banks and other financial institutions." The CEFC is a member of Australian Sustainable Finance Institute ...

New Forests to sell NZ assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... opportunities with around one quarter of the plantations established on post 1989 land which is registered in New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). All four forestry assets have been third-party certified for sustainable forest management. "We ...