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Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The Australia Pacific region is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) giving a stark warning that the world must act now to limit the worst effects. The IPCC has released its AR6 ...

New report finds global carbon markets hit new record amid energy crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The energy crisis and broader inflationary pressures of 2022 strengthened policymaker's commitments and accelerated efforts to end fossil fuel dependency, reveals the 2023 International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)'s Emissions Trading Worldwide ...

Scentre Group reports sustainability progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... zero pathway and how the Group manages climate-related risks and opportunities. It also describes our integrated environmental plan and initiatives to reduce our environmental impact." "In the nine years since Scentre Group was established, we have achieved ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... a way to quickly assess if this is good or not without being a subject matter expert in the particular social or environmental issue." Brightlight has invested with an eye to gender empowerment since its establishment, and Marekera noted that the firm ...

Brambles launches Australian-first circular economy green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... move of supply chains away from linear one-way models to more efficient share and reuse models, producing tangible environmental benefits including reductions in the use of natural resources, waste and carbon emissions." The eight-year €500 million ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Leading Harvest is implementing a sustainability assurance program for the Australian agriculture sector after a successful pilot backed by Warakirri Asset Management among others. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management ...

Women-led founders, climate tech grow VC impact sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... model so that every dollar of revenue generated is inherently linked to generation of measurable positive social or environmental impact." Giant Leap looks at three investment themes - sustainable living, health and wellbeing and empowering people. Giant ...

Australian Ethical divests from Lendlease over koala concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Concerns over the survival of a healthy koala colony in south-western Sydney has triggered Australian Ethical to divest its holdings in Lendlease Group. Australian Ethical has sold its shares in Lendlease over the planned development at Mt Gilead in ...

Resource-efficient companies more resilient: Impax AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Innovative companies with pricing power and companies with greater resource efficiency are expected to prove more resilient even during more a more challenging macroeconomic backdrop, according to the founder and CEO of Impax Asset Management. Ian Simm ...

Activist investor launches Santos campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... re-instilled capital discipline and reduced upstream capex, increased capital returns to shareholders, improved environmental and safety performance, realigned executive incentives, [and] refreshed governance," Snowcap said. Snowcap said that Santos ...