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AGL saved from HESTA divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent compared to the previous closure date. AGL then plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 52% per year following closure of the power station. The energy company hopes to satisfy customer demand with ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed at enabling companies to set greenhouse gas emissions targets to 2050 in line with containing climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius. It is seen as a rigorous voluntary framework ...

Cybersecurity tops ESG priorities for ASX companies: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Cybersecurity is the key 2023 ESG theme for ASX listed companies, topping greenhouse gas emissions and diversity as priority, according to the latest Perennial Better Future survey. The survey, which was sent to approximately 200 ASX-listed companies ...

Heavy industry could decarbonise with ambitious action: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Industry ETI focuses on five supply chain that account for more than a quarter of Australia's annual greenhouse gas emissions and generate significant exports, including steel, aluminium, other metals (such as lithium, copper and nickel), chemicals (such ...

Frasers Property inks fresh sustainability-linked loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... offers interest rate savings from year 2 if FPAHL achieves a prescribed reduction in its annual absolute greenhouse gas emissions, based on its FY2019 footprint. The reductions apply to embodied and operational carbon across Scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions ...

2023 the year for business action on climate change: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... pointed to three key developments brought in to support the legislated target of cutting Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by 2030 - proposed reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism, the Chubb Review into Australia's carbon offset scheme ...

ASIC issues more greenwashing fines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... "BME was creating a natural gas development project with 'net-zero carbon emissions'," and "the greenhouse gas emissions associated with Project Valhalla would be net zero." ASIC was concerned that BME either did not have a reasonable basis to ...

Vanguard quits net zero investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... perspectives on investing." NZAM is an international group of asset manager that support the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and support investing aligned ...

TCorp reports $2 billion in new green, sustainability bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Bond Programme was established in 2018, and it plays a role as NSW has set a net zero target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. "One of the objectives of the program was to develop an ESG curve that supported liquid lines consistent with the ...

Australian asset owners lead on ESG integration, net zero investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... to 69% of global investors integrating ESG. Australian investors are slightly less likely to measure greenhouse gas emissions - 38% are already doing it, with 57% planning to do so, compared to 41% of investors globally who measure carbon and GHG emissions. ...