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Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... error was 15% for Scope 1, 17% for Scope 2, and 19% for Scope 3 emissions across the major indices in the US, UK, Europe, Canada or Australia. The results show global listed companies accounted for 11.4 billion tonnes of emissions in 2023 - around one-third ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... on land which absorb carbon from the atmosphere, mainly forests, have declined due to drought in the Amazon and fires in Canada," said Canadell. "The CO2 sinks have begun to recover but the data underscores how vulnerable they are to droughts and extreme ...

Raising the bar on gold integrity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... in the world, alongside tech companies that rely on gold for electronic components. While China, Australia, the US and Canada dominate large-scale mining, smaller countries like Suruname, Papua New Guines, Ghana and Burkina Faso rely on artisanal and ...

Green jobs: Impactable, Ortec, Goldman Sachs, Compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Econometrics. He has experience with a range of insurance companies, pension funds and other institutional investors across the US, Canada, UK, Europe and the APAC region over more than a decade. It's an internal promotion for van Joolingen, who said ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... results in life insurance." Other nations have already banned the use of genetic test results in underwriting, including Canada in 2017. Responding to the news, Council of Australian Life Insurers chief executive Christine Cupitt said the association ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... diverse mix of pension, sovereign and insurance, as well as funds, endowments and family offices across Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe. Co-founder and managing partner David Scaysbrook said the close demonstrates investor confidence in ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... difficult this is to achieve," he said. "The task of taming inflation has halted growth in Europe, raised unemployment in Canada to its highest level in two years, and progress on inflation has slowed in the US." Last night, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

ISS ESG tackles modern slavery exposure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... improving corporate modern-slavery and supply-chain related disclosure in markets such as Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Norway, driven by significant regulatory developments in recent years." "The modern ...

Global investors unite for Climate Action 100+

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... significant investment risks, including climate risk, is a fiduciary imperative" The statement included signatories from the UK, Canada, the US, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden. The signatories said addressing climate-related investment risks ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... It's also on the table for middle and high-income countries, including Costa Rica, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Canada. China's Ministry of Finance recently announced a unified China Sustainability Disclosure Standards System based on the ...