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COP28 Unveiled: Assessing Global Climate Progress and the Road Ahead

VIRGINIE DERUE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... controversy, namely because of insufficient progress made towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions - which reached a record high in 20221 - and because of its Emirati presidency. The IPCC report's conclusions are alarming. It warns the direction ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has identified sustainable finance governance and greenwashing as one of three key focus areas for action in 2024. Speaking at this week's annual forum, ASIC chair Joe Longo said sustainable financial reporting and disclosure, better consumer outcomes ...

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
... greenwashing due to their policy engagement. The findings come from independent think tank InfluenceMap, which used the UN High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) 'Integrity Matters' guidance on lobbying as a benchmark. Policy engagement assessment includes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... floods in the last few years so we're starting to see the signs. The withdrawal of insurance cover from some areas and high premiums in others are pretty disorderly responses to higher physical risk. We are seeing this specific issue now adding another ...

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 ...

Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... commercial development SiBox, a heat storage battery that uses silicon bricks. The unit harnesses silicon's extremely high latent heat capacity, powered by intermittent renewables, for large industrial applications without generating carbon emissions. ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
As the world gears up for COP28, practitioners are preparing for a significant shift towards the integration of nature and climate in reporting. Evan Center, an expert in environment and climate change with the United Nations Global Compact Network ...