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Groups unite against carbon offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... trustees. The group says offsets provide a social license for high-emitting activities to continue. Frameworks on climate transition planning must exclude offsetting, they argue. "Fossil fuel companies have claimed to be reducing emissions by investing ...

Morningstar boosts ESG focus with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Morningstar managing director of enterprise Peter Bryant said. "Michelle's appointment will be key as our clients transition to this new legislative regime." he said. "Our research has highlighted investor appetite with strategies such as climate ...

First renewable energy zone to start works

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... project." NSW minister for planning and public spaces Paul Scully commented: "if done right, this energy generation transition will develop a wave of new industry and jobs. That means transmission jobs, manufacturing jobs, construction jobs and maintenance ...

ISO to launch first net zero standards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Noelia Garcia Nebra announced the news at London Climate Action Week. "ISO takes our role in supporting a net zero transition seriously. As part of our climate commitment, we look forward to delivering an international standard the market has been asking ...

Allspring defends exit from climate group

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... partners with our clients in pursuit of their goals." Allspring said it will continue to offer a series of climate transition investment strategies alongside a dedicated sustainable investing team.

Investors exit climate group amid politicisation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... on average only 40% aligned to the CA100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark Disclosure Framework. "The necessary business transition to a low-carbon future is already producing enormous benefits including creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, economic wealth ...

Latest disclosure update

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global standards, benchmarks and taxonomies move to align for greater interoperability - the EU proposes new sustainable financial product labels. Here is the latest. TNFD and EFRAG release alignment mapping The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial ...

Clean energy trends are "unstoppable"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Portfolio exposure to the clean energy transition is a vital tool in an investor's toolbox, amidst low overall growth which in some countries has turned negative or become unstable, a global investment manager says. The long-term trend toward electrification ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's super system should follow the EU's index alignment with 1.5°C and net zero by 2050, the Climate Transition Benchmarks (CTB) and Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (PAB), he says. There is "great enthusiasm" for what he's proposing, he ...

Climate Change Authority appoints new chair

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Scheme. Ahead of his exit, King will deliver the CCA's advice on sectoral decarbonisation pathways to support Australia's transition to net zero. Minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen said King "has seen the authority restored to its proper ...