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Property manager buys nearly 100,000 carbon credits for offsetting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the regulator. Commonwealth Bank (CBA) performed the transaction for ISPT. ISPT purchased ACCUs to cover Scope 1 and 2 emissions as well as some Scope 3 emissions covering its national property portfolio - including 100% owned and operated as well as ...

BlueScope, Shell to collaborate on renewable hydrogen projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... BlueScope's Port Kembla Steelworks, BlueScope said. The ambition is to demonstrate hydrogen as a pathway towards low emissions steelmaking. The hydrogen could also potentially be used for other purposes, such as to feed a pilot direct reduced iron (DRI) ...

COP26 outcomes means increased focus on physical risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... according to PGIM. The latest Nationally Determined Contributions - the voluntary commitments countries make to cut carbon emissions - are insufficient in limiting global warming to 1.5°C this century. Hence, one outcome of the summit was to ask nations ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the first time, local investors will have access to an ESG-focused global real estate ETF in DJRE and a reduced carbon emissions emerging markets ETF in WEMG. DJRE will change its name to the SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ESG Fund and switch to tracking ...

APRA releases guidance on climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... relevant information to board and senior management, and considering external market disclosures. The transition to a lower-emissions economy created financial risks that businesses needed to be prepared for, said APRA chair Wayne Byres. "Recent developments ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... 2030 carbon neutral target. Clowes explained that to date, the meat and livestock industry has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 57% against the baseline year of 2005, and the meat and livestock industry has reduced its share of national greenhouse ...

Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... including, begrudgingly, Australia, a major shift has emerged that recognises that there is no longer time to wait for those emissions reductions to occur in the 2030s and 2040s, but that much of the reductions are required over these next few years. ...

Willis Towers Watson names head of sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... transition to a net zero world," Unger said. "We want our actions and advice to result in significant reductions in carbon emissions in the real economy. This means that we need to be able to measure the impact of the advice that we provide and the changes ...

Not all net zero targets created equal: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Validity - are they valid targets, what scope do they cover- is it scopes 1, 2 and 3, and what other greenhouse gas emissions do they cover - is it just carbon emissions, or does it include methane as well?" In examining a company's net zero commitments ...

Inconsistent data a challenge to ESG uptake: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... different views on the companies you invest in? The reason is most of the data/rating agencies specifically look at emissions from a sectoral perspective. They will say, for example, the mining industry has a certain type of rating whilst the IT sector ...