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Heavy industry could decarbonise with ambitious action: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Agreement," said APA group executive, sustainability and corporate affairs Liz McNamara. "As the ETI report points out, decarbonising heavy industry will require significant investment of more than $20 billion each year. It is imperative that all stakeholders ...

Government's Climate Active certification challenged over possible greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... the question of whether Climate Active is misleading consumers by promoting companies that use offsets instead of decarbonising as 'progressive climate leaders'," The Australia Institute said. Environmental Defenders Office filed a complaint ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... using offsets," she said. "It should not be the first thing you do, it should be the last thing you do in terms of decarbonising your business. "Think about what carbon credits you buy, in terms of the underlying project and methodology, to make sure ...

UniSuper sustainability exec departs for Vanguard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... investments report "outstanding, shining a light on long term risks and opportunities of our investments to members in a decarbonising economy." UniSuper set a net zero target in 2020, and at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) ...

Brambles sets 2040 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report. The company said in the TCFD Report that in applying decarbonising 1.5C and 2C climate scenarios, "the immediate and ongoing opportunities related to Brambles' low-carbon, circular business ...

Warning on climate risk if net zero targets not achieved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... chief economist and head of the abrdn Research Institute, recently discussed the role of the financial sector in decarbonising the global energy system, and noted that at the moment, the world is not on track to meet the aim of capping global warming ...

Net zero targets shift investments, narrative for funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... ASX portfolio," McDonald said. "Ultimately, the aim is we're protecting our members retirement savings as well as decarbonising the market." ISS owns Rainmaker Group, publisher of FS Sustainability, as well as ISS ESG and ISS Australia. Photo by Mike ...

CEFC reaches $10 billion landmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... expertise has helped transform Australia's renewable energy sector, we must forge into new areas in the years ahead, decarbonising even the hardest sectors of our economy, whether in energy, industry, transport, infrastructure or agriculture. "Our role ...

Munro Partners, GSFM launch climate ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... of thumb is that we're looking out three to five years, and we'd expect that 50% of earnings would be coming from decarbonising activities in that time. "For some companies, we can't tell today if they will make that over three to five years, so that's ...

2021 theme in review: human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... connecting the economic with the environmental and the social impacts," particularly in the way that decisions around decarbonising companies and communities will impact on people. "Investors are much clearer about what needs to happen with decarbonisation ...