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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 ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... combatting climate change and creating nature-positive outcomes in the region. There is also the potential to generate carbon offset credits and/or biodiversity related credits, Brand noted. The announcement of this partnership comes as more than 100 ...

Fidelity International to invest $150bn in net zero strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... of $150 billion AUM invested in line with the Net Zero methodology," Tan said. "This is a key way that we achieve that carbon footprint emissions reduction, both by increasing the percentage of AUM and increasing the proportion of assets within those ...

ESG a thematic tailwind for microcap stocks: Yarra Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... of their supply chain, their environmental impact, how they think about positive impacts around something as simple as carbon offsets and use of renewable energy. It could also be about reducing staff churn, flexible working policies, bringing more female ...

Fiji, Australia sign Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme deal at COP26

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Fiji will become the first international partner to join Australia's recently established Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme. The scheme was announced in April and is modelled on Australia's Emissions Reduction Fund. Its aim is to develop a high-integrity ...