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New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... said it recommends, based on research, that Australia cut its emissions by 75% by 2030 (based on 2005 levels), and reach net zero by 2035. But, Berenecker's colleague Geoscience Australia energy resources advice activity leader Barry Bradshaw argued ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the group's lobbying is inconsistent with limited global warming to two degrees. The report claims APPEA's support for net zero emissions by 2050 is only "notional" in nature and in reality it opposes any action on climate change which may threaten the ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability agenda that "includes an ambition to be carbon negative in 2021, reducing emissions by 40% and achieving net zero by 2025," the firm said. Nelson is based in Melbourne and is currently EY global climate change and sustainability services ...

Assessing carbon beta risk in portfolios: Platypus Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... "Setting a carbon reduction footprint target is a blunt instrument and isn't going to help the portfolio navigate to net zero," she said. "It's a step in the right direction but how does a relative intensity carbon footprint align with a goal of absolute ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... that participants are integrating sustainability into investment valuation frameworks, growing support for adopting a net zero emissions goal by 2050, reporting in alignment with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and a commitment ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... as a step towards establishing natural capital as an investment asset class, HSBC said. "We've made the commitment to net zero, but in the race to net zero, we need some way to manage residual emissions that will always exist," said HSBC Australia's ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability sector. The role will include a specific focus on climate change and the transition of investment portfolios to net zero carbon by 2050 and the head of sustainability will "lead the drive to put sustainability at the heart of JANA's ...

Net zero: How to separate truth from marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Net zero commitments are rapidly becoming the new normal among companies and investors, but it takes some digging to work out which commitments are backed by real plans and which are just talk. As reported by Financial Standard from the Conference of ...

Unite the league: investors join climate coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... must be ready to help our country achieve deeper emissions reductions this decade as part of an orderly transition to net zero emissions by 2050. "We look forward to Climate League 2030 continuing to grow across the year as we welcome further participants ...

Post-COVID economic recovery "once in a generation opportunity"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... address a whole range of other things that Australians value." The report calls on the Australian government to set a net zero target by 2050, noting that doing so would result in $63 billion in new investment opportunities in the next five years. On ...