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Budget "misses opportunity" to address sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... blue and grey hydrogen which further support fossil fuel extraction and complicates Australia's ultimate path toward net zero. These investments are certainly pushing Australia toward a greener economy, however are not nearly sufficient to drive and ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... significant financial risk implications amongst others if we don't invest in protecting nature. If the world is to meet net zero targets, a step-change is needed to embed nature into business and financial decision-making, not least because nature ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... in assets under management. More than a quarter of institutional investors globally have made a public commitment to net zero by 2050, with 31% of Asia Pacific-based investors making a public commitment to net zero emissions. "Looking at asset classes ...

BlueScope steels itself for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
When BlueScope Steel announced last year it had set a 2050 net zero target, it was the beginning of a process to embed a decarbonisation strategy in a company in one of the hardest to abate industrial sectors. The commitment to reach net zero on scope ...

CEFC, Hostplus, Octopus Australia to invest in renewable energy asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... the potential for strong investment outcomes to our members," said Hostplus CEO David Elia. Hostplus has announced a net zero 2050 target, as reported in Financial Standard. GREP is intended to deliver clean energy to the National Electricity Market ...

Australians expect ethical investing: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... reducing greenhouse emissions (84%), 83% want targets for emissions reductions and 81% want to see them pledge to achieve net zero by 2050. Social issues are also rising up the agenda - 74% of Australians say social issues are important when they think ...

Active Super turns to fixed income carbon on road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... emissions, with the $14 billion super fund using new calculations as the basis for its interim planning to meet their 2050 net zero target. Active Super has calculated current fixed income emissions stand at around 538,000 tCO2e. By comparison, the fund ...

Scoping future winners from the green hydrogen transition: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... momentum around the world, particularly after COP26 and seeing the number of countries are committed to working towards net zero emissions targets." Ausbil predicts the need for over US$5 trillion in capex globally between now and 2050 in order to add ...

CEFC backs soil health technology platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... include National Australia Bank, landowners and companies in the Australian food supply chain. Australia's transition to net zero emissions requires decarbonisation at a significant scale, using every avenue open to us," said CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. ...

Banksia Foundation announces awards finalists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... cities, health and wellbeing, ethical sourcing, agriculture and regional development, circular transition, diversity, net zero action, SME transformation, large business, youth and other categories. "The future of sustainable development in Australia ...