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Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Although Australian business leaders rank sustainability as being high in their organisational corporate structure, only 35% of businesses have achieved set sustainability targets over the past two years, according to Cognizant. The IT services and ...

Go digital for ESG, financial reporting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting and away from paper-based financial disclosure would make ESG data more reliable, transparent and easier on business, according to a report by Deloitte. Deloitte recently authored a report, Embracing the power of digital corporate reporting ...

NZ solar attracts $170 million international capital raise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
New Zealand's green investment bank has led a $170 million capital raise for its Solar Finance programme, attracting First Sentier Investors and Natixis Investment Managers. Green Investment Finance (NZGIF)'s issuance has been certified by the Climate ...

UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The University of New South Wales has launched a new research institute to advise the business world on how to assess and respond to climate change - including navigating and implementing regulations and standards and measuring and evaluating their ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Nature-risk is sitting in company cash flows and capital portfolios today. The costs of inaction are mounting quickly". He said business and finance now has "the tools they need to take action". "TNFD recommendations represent a step-change in the momentum ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Business and investors acceptance of the need to decarbonise Australia's economy is "irreversible," said newly appointed Net Zero Economy Agency chair Greg Combet. "It's seemingly overwhelming accepted that significant decarbonisation of the ...

New net zero standard for miners

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... final standard. Climate Action 100+ reports many mining companies associated with it have already begun realigning their business strategies to align with the net-zero transition, phasing out coal and reducing transition risks. At the same time, there ...

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
Six international businesses including Fortescue Metals have 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 ...

Podcast: Investing in climate resilience - Michael Bones

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... productivity due to altered climate conditions. Indirect impacts may include disruptions to supply chains that interrupt business, more expensive or unavailable insurance and worse overall economic conditions."