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Deloitte launches specialist climate solutions practice

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Deloitte Australia has created a specialist climate solutions practice and appointed three partners to lead it. Deloitte Emissions Solutions is led by partners Marni Oaten, Suren Thurairajah and Joe Corvetti, who launched OCT Emissions Solutions (OCTES) ...

Budget "misses opportunity" to address sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... investing in a green economic future, the federal government has used tonight's Budget to toss mere pennies at genuine emissions reduction initiatives, such as the regional renewable microgrids," Hutley said. "At the same time, significant funds are ...

The value of knowing what you own

MARY JANE MCQUILLEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... November (COP26) highlighted the urgency of acting on climate. Companies and governments were ratcheting up net-zero emissions commitments, but would they be enough and how would they meet them? Continued growth for ESG portfolios Amid such reflection ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... sides of the same coin." Measuring biodiversity destruction and impacts is far more complicated than measuring carbon emissions or climate risk, said Emma Herd, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice. "There ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... public commitment to net zero by 2050, with 31% of Asia Pacific-based investors making a public commitment to net zero emissions. "Looking at asset classes, global equity and domestic equity continue to be the most important asset classes where investors ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
US listed companies will be required to report on carbon emissions, climate-related goals and transition plans and climate-related risk assessment under draft rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As part of the proposed rules ...

CEFC reaches $10 billion landmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... "The CEFC began operating with access to $10 billion in capital, a charter to catalyse private sector investment to cut emissions and a commitment to make a positive return for Australians through our investment activity," said CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. ...

BlueScope steels itself for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... strategy in a company in one of the hardest to abate industrial sectors. The commitment to reach net zero on scope 1 and 2 emissions is tied to several enablers, including the commerciality of emerging and breakthrough technologies, the availability ...

Australians expect ethical investing: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... climate change - 84% of respondents believe it is important their super fund or bank commits to reducing greenhouse emissions (84%), 83% want targets for emissions reductions and 81% want to see them pledge to achieve net zero by 2050. Social issues ...

Carbon capture - real deal or "Hail Mary pass" technology?

JANE BASEBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Carbon capture technology brings with it the possibility of negative emissions - the holy grail of climate science, or at least of global transition to net zero. It presents as a tool for the energy transition (or detractors argue, a stay of execution ...