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CBA highlights strong demand for ACCUs in push to expand carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... meet demand for voluntary carbon offsets, ACCUs could also be paired with blue hydrogen to offset that fuel source's emissions. Blue hydrogen is created using natural gas as a feedstock. "With hydrogen that's produced through blue methods, you release ...

Dire IPCC climate report should catalyse investor, business action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... world must take "ambitious accelerated action" to adapt to climate change and make "rapid deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions," but it is still feasible, if costly, to do so, the IPCC said. "The IPCC report will sharpen focus of investors in assessing ...

Active Super turns to fixed income carbon on road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Active Super's fixed income investments are the single largest contributor to its portfolio carbon emissions, with the $14 billion super fund using new calculations as the basis for its interim planning to meet their 2050 net zero target. Active ...

Scoping future winners from the green hydrogen transition: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... around the world, particularly after COP26 and seeing the number of countries are committed to working towards net zero emissions targets." Ausbil predicts the need for over US$5 trillion in capex globally between now and 2050 in order to add the required ...

CEFC backs soil health technology platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... designed to cut the cost of measuring and monitoring soil health and carbon levels - a key component in cutting land-based emissions. The CEFC has allocated $1.6 million to UK-based Downforce Technologies via its specialist Clean Energy Innovation Fund. ...

PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... deliver on our sustainability goals including global science-based climate targets of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030," said PwC chief operating officer and ESG executive Liza Maimone. "Through our client work and our firm-wide commitments ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Cannon-Brookes's Grok Ventures and Brookfield Asset Management is not likely to be the only proposed deal that seeks to take emissions intensive infrastructure and utility assets from listed markets into private ownership with the twin aim of achieving ...

Westpac, CEFC join Australian Industry ETI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian Industry ETI is a coalition of industry and finance organisations focusing on accelerating action towards net zero emissions in industrial supply chains by 2050. The initiative's focus is on critical sectors known as 'hard-to-abate', given ...

Cyber security, COVID and climate change cap CEO concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... company has either committed to emission reduction targets or are working towards them. The leading motivations behind emissions reduction targets is meeting customer and employee demands, with mitigating climate risk and responding to investor demands ...

Climate change a macro trend, driving secular themes: J. P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... efficiency in buildings also represents a huge opportunity as there is a lot of scope to renovate buildings to reduce emissions. Again, European companies are well exposed to this as European regulation is driving new standards." Berelowitz pointed out ...