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AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... potential values from the same Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report as that applying under the Paris Agreement and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 and related regulations (NGER Scheme legislation)." Kendall ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... be created in areas like clean energy, EVs and energy efficiency, if we are to strive towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. "An economic transition plan that pays attention to the 8500 or so coal-fired power jobs that could be lost in Australia as ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... agenda. Governments are expected to collectively be spending US$100 billion per year on climate finance to meet the Paris Agreement. MDBs, owned and funded by multiple member countries and operating on a multilateral basis, delivered a combined total ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... "accelerating" in Australia due to investors and developers seeking to demonstrate how their projects meet the Paris Agreement. "Being an approved verifier for Climate Bonds enables Arup to support investors and lenders more fulsomely to obtain green ...

Danish pension fund completes US$520m divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... top management in the oil and gas sector simply refuse to do so in [a] manner consistent with the goals of the Paris agreement. Therefore, we have now sold off and excluded ENI, the last remaining upstream fossil fuel company in our portfolio. "Through ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... 300 companies to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement. A participant in investor-led initiative Climate Action 100+, HESTA is encouraging the companies it invests in to accelerate ...

Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... (CMI) CEO John Connor commented that the cancellation was "an important move that completes the switch to the Paris Agreement era for Australian policy and commitments. The task is now to accelerate climate investments so Australia can help achieve the ...

Government commits public service to net zero by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... delivered consistent with Australia's international commitments and will contribute to achievement of Australia's Paris Agreement targets." The policy will initially cover 100 non-corporate Commonwealth entities, with some security exclusions such as ...

Australia the guinea pig for PRI sovereign engagement pilot

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... collaborate on the program to support governments to take all possible steps to mitigate climate change in line with the Paris Agreement and reduce exposure to risks associated with a failure to rapidly transition to a net zero global economy. Newly ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... emitters in the world - on their plans to decarbonise their companies, operations and products in line with the Paris Agreement. Nearly 50 Australian fund managers and asset owners belong to the organisation, and Australian focus companies include Adbri ...