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Super Housing Partnerships taps property leader as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... projects in the right locations offering the right amenity for residents. SHP is also focusing on the social and environmental impacts of its investments. "SHP has developed and embedded an impact framework unique in the Australian marketplace," Viney ...

IFM Investors commits to US biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... streams for its end use as pipeline quality RNG. IFM Investors noted that GreenGas sells the RNG and associated environmental attributes under long-term offtake contracts with investment grade commercial and industrial customers including Mercedes-Benz ...

Safeguard Mechanism reforms to prompt ACCU demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Demand for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) will continue to be high, but there is an increased risk in a cumulative shortfall to 2030. An independent review of the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme - the Chubb Review - has found the ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... asking how their capex is aligned to the transition." UBS also believes that social issues will rise up, and that environmental and social issues cannot be considered in isolation. "In terms of some of the social metrics, if we look to some countries ...

Climate a top concern for Australia's C-Suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... incorporating climate considerations into lobbying and political donations, and 28% tying senior leaders' compensation to environmental sustainability performance. "We're starting to see from an organisational management perspective the whole management ...

Chubb Review recommends reforms to ACCU governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... transparency, data access and data sharing as well as support for a national platform for integration and sharing of environmental information. "This is a scheme that has developed and evolved over more than a decade, and investors and the community ...

Australian businesses exposed to EU carbon levy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Australian businesses must prepare for the impacts of a forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from the European Union, according to EY. In recent weeks, the EU has reached agreement on the structure of the CBAM, which would place a financial ...

Deloitte launches green tech initiative for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Deloitte has launched GreenSpace Tech, a collaborative initiative to commercialise and scale climate technology solutions. The global initiative assists businesses - particularly those in the hard-to-abate sectors - to achieve their net zero commitments ...

ASIC issues more greenwashing fines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... involved in 'polluting and carbon intensive activities', 'financing or support of activities which cause environmental and social harm' and 'poor corporate governance'." ASIC said that while Cruelty Free Super applied some investment ...

ASFI outlines roadmap for sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... be principles base technical screening criteria, and that will likely, depending on the objective, or social or environmental, be realistic about data availability, and whether it's a quantitative or more qualitative assessment." Earlier in the week ...