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Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... reasonable assurance over the transitional period. Entities will start with limited assurance, focusing on Scope 1 and 2 emissions and more complex areas like scenario analysis being slowly phased in over several years, giving companies time to adapt. ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... transactions to 380 since inception in 2012. The CEFC is required to invest in renewables, energy efficiency and low emissions technologies, to "facilitate increased flows of finance into the clean energy sector and... greenhouse gas emissions reduction ...

Trump Paris exit "bad news" for rest of world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... climate change isn't a priority". Other countries could potentially follow suit. "Overall, this is bad news for global emissions," Ashton said. "It reinforces Trump's desire and campaign comments to move away from renewable energy and ramp up fossil ...

Green aluminium gets $2bn boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... economic planning and investment in industries that will secure Australia's future prosperity." Meanwhile, Beyond Zero Emissions chief executive Heidi Lee said the move by the government is a game-changer. "Beyond Zero Emissions has long advocated for ...

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... AXA IM Alts head of Australia Antoine Mesnage said. CEFC chief executive Ian Learmonth said: "To effectively reduce emissions in the property sector, sustainability needs to be at the heart of all developments. Tenants can face challenges in implementing ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... metrics in APAC are social (62%), diversity and inclusion (59%), and environmental (42%). Just 30% used GHG or carbon emissions measures including Scope 3 emissions. Climate-linked pay largely fails to achieve results, a study last year from the Investor ...

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... energy transition objectives. Splend's fleet of electric vehicles in Australia and the UK are already reducing carbon emissions by over 19,000tCO2e per annum." For HESTA's part, chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson said the investment ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... are the biggest drivers of deforestation, resulting in soil fertility decline, water stress, and exponential carbon emissions through destruction of carbon sinks. Brazil accounted for the most biodiversity impacted land for food products sub-issuers ...

Top consulting firms pilot SAP carbon tool

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... are required to abate CO2 in order to curb global warming. Besides smart, reliable regulation also accurate data on emissions along the supply chain is paramount to trigger the necessary investment," said Dominik Asam, CFO and member of the executive ...

Cooling US clean tech to drive Aus growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... investors say this could be a golden opportunity for Australia. If current trends continue, the US will fall short of its emissions reduction goal of 40% below 2005 levels by 2030. That's according to new Clean Investment Monitor data, a joint project ...