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ISPT launches sustainable furniture scheme, diverts waste

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... generating a financial savings for the fund. ISPT's ESG strategy to 2025 includes environmental KPIs in terms of emissions reduction, renewable energy usage, water conservation and reuse, waste reduction and other resource efficiency, but repurposing ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... commit to net zero by 2050. In its first climate change policy, the ASA called upon ASX200 companies to align their emissions targets to the Paris Agreement, commit to sustainability practices across ESG issues, define a pathway to achieve these goals ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... technology and services can yield not only technology gains, but also assist Australian companies in reducing carbon emissions, according to research from Deloitte. In a recent report, Deloitte noted that cloud-based technologies are "five times more ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... impact on companies' bottom line and in order to manage that risk, companies will have to look for ways to drive down emissions. As part of that, it will require companies to disclose more climate related information, because that information will ...

NGS Super to reduce emissions 35% by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... looking at the worst offenders in terms of stranded asset risk, versus a company which may have higher scope 1 or 2 emissions profile, but a higher propensity to transition to a zero carbon business." NGS Super will engage with companies with high Scope ...

Blackmores inks $75m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... agreement will incentivise Blackmores to achieving on targets including reductions of Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions and targets related to progress on an ethical supply chain. The new banking agreement is financed by existing lending partners ...

ESG indicators a risk warning for credit: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Climate goals and emissions targets can be key emerging indicators of risk in credit portfolios, with overall ESG performance a factor in credit investment decisions, according to First Sentier. First Sentier integrates ESG data into its credit strategies ...

ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... term is a really good way of thinking about it," she said. "This isn't just for board renewal, but other ESG factors - emissions, gender, a water or water management target. We have an advocacy management framework which we set up two years ago, and ...

HESTA "unlikely to support" AGL demerger without faster closure of coal-fired stations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... for a timely, orderly transition to a low-carbon future and we're not convinced the proposed AGL demerger will achieve emissions reduction and coal asset closure aligned with the Paris Agreement, nor that AGL's plans provide an equitable transition for ...

Investor backing for Say on Climate votes: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Fargo (11). "Say on climate" resolutions are advisory votes only, and cover three areas of company commitment - annual emissions disclosure; annual reporting of a strategy to reduce emissions, and an annual non-binding shareholder vote on the company's ...