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Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The global push for emissions reduction is failing across most sectors, with all but two increasing emissions and widening gaps to targets. Steel has emerged as the most successful performer, with emissions reduced at more than the rate needed to achieve ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... chair of the UN Secretary-General's High-level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments, and former Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change. "Not only are many companies choosing to undermine their own climate commitments by lobbying against ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A Western Australia based hydrogen hub has progressed one step further to becoming operational, with the Albanese government announcing $70 million in support as part of its Regional Hydrogen Hubs program. bp's H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub has reached Front-End ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A major Australian university has locked in a $195 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) with interest rate savings being reinvested into an Indigenous accommodation scholarship fund and other initiatives. La Trobe University has refinanced existing ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... assets data, we can help investors and companies to better navigate the increasingly complex financial and regulatory environment regarding physical risk." Riskthinking.AI CEO and founder Ron Dembo commented that the tool "enables investors to use the ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainability Linked Bonds are more likely to achieve emissions reductions targets than use of proceeds bonds, but many labelled bond users are not tracking to meet 2050 net zero targets. Corporate issuers are increasingly turning to labelled bonds ...

Greenwashing a barrier to responsible investment uptake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors considering responsible investment products say greenwashing, lack of understanding of methodology used by managers and a desire for financial advice first is stopping them from investing. According to the third 2023 Responsible Investing ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Corporate directors have an obligation to consider nature-related risk in much the same way as other financial risks, according to a new legal opinion. Directors can take steps to identify and manage nature-related risks is the headline conclusion of ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... industry. "We are seeing significant year-on-year increases in investments in sustainable projects globally, and the built environment here in Australia is ripe for an explosion in opportunity," she said. "The real estate sector offers multiple opportunities ...

Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A small South Australian energy storage company has bagged a $750,000 grant from Woodside, taking total funding to $4.95 million, while Bupa has puts $280,000 towards six eco startups with $380,000 more on offer. SA energy storage rakes in $4.95m South ...