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RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... "I bring a background in government, policy and working on international issues like human rights, the SDGs and climate change where I have got a good understanding on how those international rules are created, so I bring the analytical/policy lens. ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Secretary-General's High-level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments, and former Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change. "Not only are many companies choosing to undermine their own climate commitments by lobbying against climate action ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... around 750 vehicles a year in Australia's heavy vehicle fleet, according to an announcement from the Ministry for Climate Change and Energy. The project involves the installation of hydrogen storage, compression and truck loading facilities and upgrades ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... biodiversity and ecosystems. The expansion includes new technical screening criteria, as well as amended criteria for climate change mitigation and adaptation. "Investors currently face a significant discrepancy between the availability of data reported ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics Even if the world is able act sufficiently to contain climate change to 1.5 degrees of warming by 2050, there will still be degree of physical impact that is literally baked in, and a degree of ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... comes as a shareholder in ANZ has sued the bank over allegations that it has failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... importantly, it will mean the finance industry will be better placed to play its crucial role in the fight against climate change as outlined by the IPCC," Rooney added. In response to the uptick in investment, the GBCA and the Australian Sustainable ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... 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 Australia (UNGCNA), has seen a notable surge in interest in nature and ...

NGFS introduces "too-little-too-late" climate scenario

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... less costly than inaction or a disorderly transition in the longer term. "We are witnessing the early stages of climate change, in the form of unprecedented heat waves, floods and agricultural degradation of increasing frequency," Ravi Menon, chair of ...

New Forests to sell NZ assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... David Shelton. "Forestry is an important industry for New Zealand, contributing to the economy, mitigating against climate change, and playing a role in the circular bioeconomy." Last month, New Forests sold a Tasmanian forestry estate to UniSuper and ...