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ASX in running to develop Australian carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Standard Chartered and Temasek, are developing Climate Impact X (CIX), aimed at providing entities with high quality carbon credits to address hard-to-abate emissions. CIX will offer platforms, including CIX Exchange and Project Marketplace, both of ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... change is a threat multiplier, but climate action and carbon markets can be a solutions multiplier." Interest in carbon credits derived from nature based solutions is growing - CMI notes that credits issued from forestry projects grew by 38% from 2020 ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... US$5 billion and US$30 billion at the lowest end of the spectrum, and up to over US$50 billion at the highest end. Carbon credits that have additional co-benefits align to companies and investors impact work as well. "We're focused not only on climate ...

SGX CEO calls for increased international collaboration on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Standard Chartered and Temasek to develop Climate Impact X (CIX), aimed at providing entities with high quality carbon credits to address hard-to-abate emissions. But Loh also called on other stakeholders to play their role in developing sustainable ...

Singapore Stock Exchange to launch carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Standard Chartered and Temasek, are developing Climate Impact X (CIX), aimed at providing entities with high quality carbon credits to address hard-to-abate emissions. CIX will offer platforms, including CIX Exchange and Project Marketplace, both of ...

Low-cost, high-reliability road to renewable energy: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions is hard and expensive. Net zero - where gas is a back-up for reliability and emissions are offset through carbon credits - is "an appropriate goal." The report looks at three scenarios - "keep coal", where retired coal-fired generators are ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... is a variety of ways that asset owners can reduce the emissions in their portfolio - including using purchased carbon credits to offset emissions they do not eliminate and divestment from companies that are either unable or unwilling to abate their carbon ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... their environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. They are modelled after carbon offset markets and carbon credits, and the scheme pays landholders for improved water quality resulting from their on-farm actions, without compromising the productivity ...

GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... that they will pursue as a result of LRF funding: Beef and Conservation for the Future (Monto QLD) 50,000 total carbon credits (ACCUs) estimated to be generated over 10 years 1544ha of native vegetation retained and improved Recovery of water quality ...

AllianceBernstein launches Australian low-carbon equities strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... emissions 90% lower than the index and an arrangement to offset the remaining emissions through the retirement of carbon credits. The AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund was launched in Australia in April 2014 and has outperformed its benchmark by 4.1% ...