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Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Australia could lose as much as 12.5% per year in GDP by 2050 unless there is more ambitious action on climate change, according to Oxfam Australia. Oxfam Australia is calling upon G7 leaders and invited guest countries including Australia to cut carbon ...

Supermarket group signs 10-year renewable deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... households, Woolworths said. The transition to renewable energy will support Woolworths Group's progress towards its carbon reduction target of 63 per cent by 2030. It is the first Australian retail target to be endorsed by the UN-backed Science-Based ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... in the past decade, it is evolving towards a more regulated definition of "green-ness" and ability to achieve carbon reduction aims, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management. BNP Paribas Asset Management takes a strict lens in identifying green bonds ...

Global fund manager launches local climate transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of product is especially within the charity and endowment space, where they are looking for much more explicit carbon reduction targets, particularly around things like fossil fuels, but up until now haven't been able to pursue those opportunities." ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... credits to offset carbon emissions within the portfolio, the risk is that this does not create enough real-world carbon reduction to make meaningful progress to containing climate change, said Brendan Baker, vice president and ESG climate specialist ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... purchasing carbon offsets, but may need to use offsets "from time to time." The focus of the fund will be on carbon reduction and investing in carbon positive assets or companies in areas such as clean energy infrastructure (wind and solar projects) ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... zero carbon emission by 2050, we expect the interest in renewables will only accelerate in order to meet stated carbon reduction targets. This is very much in line with the interest we are seeing in renewables from institutional asset owners globally ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... readiness, which can be used to build actively managed carbon transition fixed income portfolios with forward-looking carbon reduction metrics, as well as to engage with issuers who may not have an appropriate climate policy in place. Homer cited the ...

Coca-Cola Amatil sets net zero carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Ambitions commitments, focusing actions across four areas - water, consumer wellbeing, packaging and carbon reduction. Coca-Cola Amatil has achieved net zero water as of last year, according to Mary Ann van Bodegraven, group head of sustainability. ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... understand that as a growing organisation we have a responsibility to set a target and associated roadmap for carbon reduction. "Dealing with the impact of BINGO's contributions to climate change, we recognise that we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. ...