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Qualitas names Fiona Reynolds to ESG advisory board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... she said. "We have all of the natural resources that are required for the transition, and that is a great future for our mining sector. "But we should be positioning ourselves as a sustainable finance hub for APAC. Within Australia, we have this huge ...

Orica implements ESG data platform for GHG emission reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... move to "near real time" reporting and forecasting on the company's greenhouse gasses emissions and reductions. The listed mining and infrastructure solutions provider has extended an existing relationship with Cognizant, which will provide a single ...

Australian businesses exposed to EU carbon levy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... that will be implicated," Nelson said. "There is an opportunity here - the quality of our iron ore, the efficiency of the mining, that becomes more important going forward. If you're a China and a buyer of iron ore, things like the quality of the ...

ASX200 see material biodiversity risks: Martin Currie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Disclosures (TNFD) final recommendations next year, added Martin Currie portfolio manager Naomi Bant. "We found the property, mining and energy sectors to be advanced in considering biodiversity in their daily operations, and many companies in these ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... have a biodiversity lens over it as it will have to have a carbon emission lens over it." Real estate, agriculture and mining as well as tourism and hospitality are well placed to capitalise on nature positive opportunities, PwC identified. "The government ...

APRA publishes results of banking climate vulnerability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Australia, while bank losses were higher from lending to business sectors that are more exposed to transition risks, such as mining, manufacturing and transport." In response to these potential losses, the banks predicted that they would adjust their ...

Experts consider mining the transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's mining industry has reserves to drive the transition to a lower carbon global economy, but surging demand for critical minerals and attention to key ESG issues will require innovative solutions and partnership. A panel of experts spoke on ...

Less than 20% of ASX200 disclose financial impacts of climate risk: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... mean. "As a sector, financial services and the heavy emitters are leading the charge" Stubbins said. "Energy companies, mining companies - they're all looking at this very closely." Drilling specifically into carbon emissions reporting, there has been ...

Critical talent shortage could stall net zero progress: Hays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... a blue-collar workforce to install in remote regions, that means you're competing with a whole bunch of industries like mining for similar skillset," he said. "On the white-collar side, there are shortages in human resources and organisational development ...

Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... supplies. However, ISS ESG notes that "a large portion of DRC cobalt production is through artisanal and informal small-scale mining, which operates without safety standards or worker protections." Further, ISS ESG notes, child labour and accident rates ...