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Hybrid working can reduce carbon emissions by up to 90%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... global flexible workspace provider, and Arup, a UK-based multinational professional services firm, measured the environmental impact of various hybrid work arrangements in six cities across the US and UK: London, Manchester, Glasgow, Los Angeles, New ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should "take account of climate risks but not use monetary policy to address them," a recommendation made as part of a sweeping overhaul of how the central bank functions. As reported in sister publication Financial ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... their sustainability initiatives and prioritise client relationships and revenue. However, the IBM study found that environmental sustainability still remains the top priority for consumers and business executives. The study found inadequate data (41%) ...

Podcast: Impact investing - from rethink to redefine and reallocate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... impact private equity Rekha Unnithan. Impact investing and the ability to invest to achieve real world social and environmental outcomes as well financial returns is a hot topic in investing, and Unnithan brings Nuveen's perspective on finding private ...

Amundi launches suite of Net Zero funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... decarbonization targets, using a "proprietary methodology that places a cost value on carbon 'externalities'" based on environmental capital. "Environmental Capital adjusts the company's assumed Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to include the costs ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It is possible to decarbonise Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) in line with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, but it carries a price tag of nearly half a trillion dollars of investment between now and 2050. The Clean ...

Hong Kong stock exchange proposes climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... The exchange has published a consultation paper that proposes enhancement of climate-related disclosures under its environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework. It also introduces new disclosures aligned with the International Sustainability ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... stewardship is an approach where businesses take full responsibility for their product throughout its lifecycle, including environmental and social impacts," Rose Read, director of the Centre said. "[It is] a framework and a pathway towards circular ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... The study, from the University of Portsmouth, Brunel University and Loughborough University in the UK looked at "environmental, social and governance (ESG) decoupling" data across 14 years and found that boardrooms with more equal gender representation ...

The implications of Australia's new carbon emissions target for bond investors

DAVID MCNEILL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
In September, legally binding emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2050 were set by Australia's House of Representatives as part of a Climate Change Bill. This provides overarching legislation to implement Australia's net-zero commitments and codifies ...