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Successful merger for social and inequality reporting framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Two initiatives focusing on inequality-related and social-related financial disclosures have successfully consolidated into a single taskforce to address related risks in reporting. The initiatives - the Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures ...

Government commits public service to net zero by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... net zero target. "Each entity will be responsible for reducing its own emissions to net zero, supported by the APS Net Zero Unit in the Department of Finance," the policy statement. However, the policy acknowledges emissions from some government operations ...

New code of practice to mitigate slavery risks in renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
The NSW Anti-Slavery Commission and the Clean Energy Council (CEC) are developing a code of practice to help identify modern slavery risks in renewable energy supply chains. Reliance on materials and components associated with forced labour and other ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... metric developed by global collaborative body The Green Grid and measures the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced per unit of IT energy consumed within a data centre. AirTrunk said it will invest all margin incentives from the SLL into social ...

Pact Group sells stake in crate pooling business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Integrated plastic recycling, reuse and packaging manufacturing Pact Group will sell half of its crate pooling business for $160 million to create a strategic partnership to grow the wash and distribution business. Morrison & Co, a global infrastructure ...

ARENA backs hydrogen electrolyser startup

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... elctrolyser technology startup that was spun out of ARENA research. The Wollongong-based Hysata will develop and test a 5 MW unit at their new manufacturing facility in Port Kembla. The electrolyser array will then be installed in situ for further testing ...

Standard Chartered Bank gets first head of social sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Drew. Nietsch has worked in global markets for 20 years and was previously managing director and head of FM Intelligence Unit within SCB's financial markets division. She joined the company in 2020 after leaving Citi as Pan Asia head of core sales. She ...

S&P Global drops ESG letter ratings from credit reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
S&P Global Ratings has stopped providing new ESG scores when evaluating credit in an abrupt about-face. Effective immediately, the company announced it is no longer publishing new ESG credit indicators in our reports or updating outstanding ESG credit ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainable finance expert and cofounder of Pollination Group Martijn Wilder will be the inaugural chair of the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) board. The NRF will invest in manufacturing projects cross seven priority investment areas ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Morgan Stanley has surpassed the two-thirds mark of its US$1 trillion target for sustainable and low-carbon investments by the end of this decade. The multinational investment bank and financial services company has released its latest ESG report stating ...