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Ad industry proposes greenwashing code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) was pulled up for making misleading environmental claims about natural gas as a fuel source. The Advertising Standards Community Panel deemed that a series of television ads by APPEA that ran in ...

Northern Trust pulled up for greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels for 95% of its energy as of the latest available data in 2020. Hong Kong firm Power Assets Holding used natural gas a way to reduce its dependence on coal and oil. However, despite setting goals to decrease gas from 53% in 2016 to 24% in ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... developing countries transition their economies to net zero. The final agreement has been criticised for positioning natural gas as a bridge energy source and identifies carbon capture, utilisation and storage as a solution for emissions reduction. "Whilst ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... experience as a climate scientist. "To split that molecule using electricity rather than splitting that molecule using natural gas, it takes three times the energy. "if we're going to have a hydrogen industry in Australia, or we're going to decarbonise ...

Woodside sells 10% of $16.5b Scarborough LNG to Japan investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Two prominent Japanese investors are set to acquire a 10% stake in Woodside's controversial WA Scarborough liquid natural gas (LNG) project for US$880. The equal partners will function both as customers and collaborators, exploring new energy prospects. ...

Stewardship part of fiduciary role and investment opportunity: BNP Paribas AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... grey, blue and green hydrogen and ammonia, which reflects the degree to which hydrogen fuel is produced from oil, natural gas or renewable energy, and the role of carbon capture and storage projects. "What's different in Asia is the nature of the ...

Graforce and Worley to scale GHG-free hydrogen gas technology in APAC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... expand the use of methane electrolysis (plasmalysis) technology in APAC. The technology allows for the conversion of natural gas, LNG, flare gas, and other hydrocarbons into hydrogen without releasing carbon dioxide or any other greenhouse gases into ...

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... accusing South Korean energy company SK E&S of greenwashing. The company claimed it would produce "CO2-free" liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the $5.6bn Barossa gas project through carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, and "eco-friendly" blue ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... streams to biogas for use in industrial processes, conversion to renewable electricity, or refinement to Renewable Natural Gas. "What we like about this investment is that it's linked to the food sector and beverage sector," Scaysbrook said. "It's ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... discrepancy on the corporate level. The report noted that Asia consumed 80% of coal usage globally, 38% of oil and 23% of natural gas, saying "this high fossil-fuel dependence inevitability implies a rising share of responsibility for global efforts ...