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Norway's oil fund updates climate demands

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... transition plans and explain how they will ensure delivery." The fund also published its policy on corporate use of voluntary carbon credits, stating that companies "should prioritise reducing own emissions but can use additional and verified credits ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... business is to use the work on climate disclosure to build up/accelerate nature," Petersen said. "Nature has many metrics. Carbon has one. So, nature is complex and will require a common language and then conceptual framework to measure and identify ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Investors integrating low-carbon transition objectives into their portfolios can now access an ETF based on Asian companies dedicated to reducing carbon emissions. With climate transition increasing in urgency across the Asia region, countries face ...

Impact investment unlocks land finance for Traditional Owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Friendly, KBRAC have secured approval from the Clean Energy Regulator for the Thargomindah Station Regeneration Project, a carbon farming project. This project was central to the financing deal that provided KBRAC with the capital to purchase the land. ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... that significant decarbonisation of the economy is now on the agenda and the investment community," Combet said at the Carbon Market Institute Australasian Emissions Reduction. "It is encouraging to see business leaders go down that path and that's ...

Mandatory sustainability calculator streamlines housing approvals

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... zones. Georges River Council mayor Nick Katris said the tool was developed to help meet the council's target of net zero carbon emissions in the community by 2050. It will also help to meet the community's need for increased housing by streamlining ...

New Asia-based carbon standards body promises quality carbon credits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
A new carbon credit certifier with a focus on urban and tech-based solutions to decarbonise megacities and aims to have up to 100 projects in a year's time. The Asia Carbon Institute (ACI) has been launched in Singapore and Hong Kong and will focus ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Investors and asset managers are now focused on achieving low carbon intensity - yet analysis finds that low carbon intensity does not necessarily produce alignment with climate goals and can hide efforts needed to decarbonise companies in the real ...

NZ case for green hydrogen-powered flight

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... joined forces to call for green hydrogen-fueled aircraft in New Zealand, which they say could remove up to 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050. The group New Zealand Hydrogen Aviation Consortium, which is made up of Airbus, Air New ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... underway to set the rules for what are biodiversity metrics, what sort of natural capital accounting we should do, as well as carbon accounting," said ISFC convening chair and chair of New Forests David Brand. "We're going to start with a reasonably ...