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Assessing ESG risk, opportunity through the legal lens: Corrs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... management plan, really puts the general counsel in quite an important role." The legal implications of the shift to a net zero carbon emissions future is a key consideration, which the guide explores. "One of the things that we know, particularly following ...

CBA to pilot green loans for agribusiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Loan Pilot will provide loans with a discounted interest rate to finance projects that reduce emissions, sequester more carbon, improve soil health, promote biodiversity and vegetation cover, and protect waterways, CBA said. "Farmers have always been ...

Australian company boards lack skill, experience to lead net zero transition: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... it is "unclear how they are addressing this gap." These conclusions are based on analysis of fifteen of Australia's most carbon intensive companies, and sets out investor expectations of company boards and their management regarding climate change risk ...

COP26 week two: impacts for Australians

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... with that workstream, as well as Article 6." In and amidst those negotiations is the progress towards the Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme. Papua New Guinea's Minister for the Environment, Conservation and Climate Change Wera Mori and Australia's ...

APAC investors taking decarbonisation action: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Global Advisors (SSGA). SSGA has released The World Targets Change, in which they suggest that investors global focus on carbon is set to "alter the game." The report is based on the views of more than 300 institutional investors, including Australian ...

CEFC makes $25m allocation to Orica to manage nitrous oxide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... tonnes per annum of CO 2 -e through the abatement of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is 265 times more potent than carbon dioxide "The global warming potential of nitrous oxide emissions are much more potent than carbon dioxide emissions," CEFC ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Researchers at RMIT have called on the federal government to set a net zero target for 2035, re-introduce a national price on carbon and mandate reporting of carbon emissions to support businesses in achieving decarbonisation goals. Lead author of the ...

COP26 week two: negotiations focus on carbon markets, reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... with that workstream, as well as Article 6." In and amidst those negotiations is the progress towards the Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme. Papua New Guinea's Minister for the Environment, Conservation and Climate Change Wera Mori and Australia's ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... (NDCs). It is possible that governments will strengthen/enhance or clarify the role for market-based trading solutions for carbon credits, which could mean significant developments for Australia and Asia-Pacific markets. This week, Fiji became the first ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... at play will be how to measure and manage the transition from the current, fossil-fuel powered global economy to the low carbon economy that is intended by 2050. This transition brings opportunity, but also risk. Transition risk is defined as the risks ...