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QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... economic analyst and campaigner May House called the existing policy insufficient. "They haven't created an emissions reductions strategy, they haven't done a scenario analysis of the emissions in their portfolios," House said. "This is well behind where ...

ASX in running to develop Australian carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... CER's Quarterly Carbon Market Report for the fourth quarter of 2020 noted a record 16 million tonnes of emissions reductions were credited under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) during 2020. Supply is expected to reach over 17 million ACCUs in ...

Assessing carbon beta risk in portfolios: Platypus Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... step in the right direction but how does a relative intensity carbon footprint align with a goal of absolute emissions reductions of 95% or more by 2050? "Nor do carbon footprint targets necessarily deliver a lower risk portfolio. We can easily implement ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... UNFCCC space," she said. "We need to start to see the dial turn on finance. You're starting to see it on emissions reductions, but not redistribution of resources and protection from loss and damage."

Unite the league: investors join climate coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Four new financial institutions have joined Climate League 2030, an initiative seeking further Australian emissions reductions of at least 230 million tonnes a year by the end of the decade. ISPT, Teachers Mutual Bank, TelstraSuper and U Ethical have ...

Science-Based Targets an indicator of future climate action: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... targets between 2015 to 2019. The report found that on average, companies with SBT targets showed average emissions reductions of 25% over five years. Federated Hermes head of research and sustainability Mitch Reznick says that setting SBT targets can ...

FY22 budget proposes "technology not taxes" for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects, and $279.9 million for purchasing emissions reductions that are below compliance safeguard baselines. The budget also featured $565.8 million of co-investment aimed at developing ...

Property fund inks multi-billion dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... gross intensity of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions," Bassett says. ISPT will be targeting absolute emissions reductions while still planning to expand its portfolio, Bassett says. Water conservation is another area of focus, with Bassett noting ...

Coles sets net zero target with absolute emissions reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... emission are significant contributors to our emissions and what we have to work on in order to achieve the emissions reductions targets," Davis said. "We haven't adopted a strategy of carbon offsets. We're aiming for absolute emissions reductions." ...

Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... The Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative has signed more than 40 new participants, agreeing to achieve 2030 emissions reductions and net zero by 2050 or sooner. The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative now has a total of 73 signatories representing US$32 ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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