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UN-informed tool to assess SDG progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Bloomberg ESG has integrated a United Nations' framework to assess the alignment of companies to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The tool incorporates the UN Environmental Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Sector Impact Map to move needle ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... integrity which will inform how Australia plans to navigate criticisms of the scheme. The review is currently under development and has not yet been sent to government. The date of release, due to be in early December, is yet to be announced. Market ...

Rest invests $1b in Quinbrook green data centres

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... existing Collgar Renewables and Octopus investments, this commitment builds on Rest's track record in supporting the development of renewable energy infrastructure across Australia."

Treasury proposes merger of accounting, audit bodies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... effective profession, industry and capital markets consultation," said CA ANZ's group executive advocacy and international development Simon Grant. Grant said he is concerned by the lack of detail around important issues such as adequate funding and ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... said. She called on Canberra to amend its 1999 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to ban the development of fossil fuel projects.

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The government's sustainable finance strategy is an opportunity to tie action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to action on climate. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds called the recently released strategy a "welcome ...

Macquarie opens clean energy arm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... partnership with Green Wind Renewables. A wind farm in Boulder Creek near Rockhampton, Queensland, is expected to begin development in 2024. The business adds to Macquarie Asset Management's existing $A892 billion in assets including across offshore ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... production. The new benchmark helps investors compare their performance against peers, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. It demonstrates that impact investment in the energy sector curbs emissions by 6.1% ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... the landmark 2016 legal analysis, Legal Opinion on Climate Change and Directors Duties from the Centre for Policy Development and the Future Business Council opinion on company directors' legal obligations to consider the impacts of climate change ...

Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Woodside, taking total funding from Woodside to $2.75 million. The new funding will go towards its ongoing commercial development SiBox, a heat storage battery that uses silicon bricks. The unit harnesses silicon's extremely high latent heat capacity ...