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Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Carbon emissions from listed equities may have reached a turning point, according to new findings made using advanced artificial intelligence to fill disclosure gaps. Financed emissions data and climate risk analyst Emmi looked at 45,000 public companies ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Dr Pep Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Budget, said there has been a 0.8% increase in global carbon emissions from fossil fuels in 2024. This is equivalent to an additional 37.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere this ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... that could set the precedent in years to come. In 2021, a court in Hague demanded oil giant Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45% across its whole portfolio by 2030. That's gone on appeal and the decision will be delivered next week.

From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... track their emissions more accurately. This helps with the industry's current dilemma that more than 90% of carbon emissions data are based on outdated databases. "There has been a step change. There is a new expectation that you can't start ...

CareSuper ousts ESG policies in merger

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... and fossil fuel-related activities The SBO will no longer target investment managers expected to deliver lower carbon emissions than the benchmark. It will, however, exclude tobacco, controversial weapons, thermal coal, and production, combustion or ...

Music mecca hits the right note for nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... over 100,000 square metres of vulnerable ecosystems protected, and TEM has now offset over 11 million tonnes of carbon emissions across 30 countries. Projects include TEM's April Salumei project in Papua New Guinea - the largest rainforest conservation ...

Indices move beyond carbon tunnel vision

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... varying degrees. The new indices "offer investors a more nuanced approach to climate index investing, compared to carbon emissions' focused indices," Robeco indices head Joop Huij said. "Our index construction approach takes turnover and liquidity into ...

Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... for. There is a 67% chance of 1.75C - and this requires $2.4 trillion expenditure and no room for any further carbon emissions growth in any sector - emissions must have already peaked and fall rapidly. Over 2024-50 this investment is only 12% higher ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... energy and utilities sectors are undergoing a transformational change propelled by the global effort to reduce carbon emissions and increase asset resiliency," he said. "Institutional investors are primed to invest into energy transition opportunities ...

ERM inks deal with Energetics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... critical to the growth of ERM in the region and is in direct response to Australia's plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. "In addition to the services already offered by ERM, the acquisition of Energetics enables us to offer a broader suite ...