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Music mecca hits the right note for nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... invest in a new offering that kills two birds with one stone, as companies start understanding the link between carbon and nature. Asia-Pacific carbon offsets provider Tasman Environmental Markets (TEM), the leading voluntary Australian carbon credits ...

Veteran lawyer moves jobs

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... infrastructure, and more. "Alex is passionate about helping clients address challenges related to climate change and sustainability, nature positive solutions and resilience, organisational culture and transformation, risk, governance and good decisi ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... in Australia's carbon market, that will, importantly, support the long-term success of our farming communities and nature repair." Rio Tinto's chief decarbonisation officer Jonathon McCarthy said the mining giant is committed to decarbonising ...

Energy asset owners hungry for cover

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... transactions spanning non-recourse project finance, refinancing and M&A transactions. "Renewable energy assets are by their very nature susceptible the vagaries of the resource they are capturing - a solar farm relies on irradiation from the sun, a wind ...

Help on nature, climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A US$20 trillion nature reporting project improves interoperability; accounting body placates concerned investors. Nature-related disclosures Top standards-setter the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) wants to help its 14,000 signatories align with ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... marketing statements that were overly broad. We acknowledge the need for accurate information concerning the sustainable nature and characteristics of superannuation investment options. We have cooperated with ASIC and undertaken a comprehensive review ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... March 2024 Rio Tinto, Hancock Prospecting, and other players sent a letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese regarding nature-positive environmental reforms. The letter was only revealed through a FOI request by Greenpeace. The advocacy group said the ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... is "certainly on a more solid footing than it was during the heady days of 2021." "But there are risks. The concentrated nature of this portfolio means that it is going to be more volatile, so it really is only for those with a very long-term investment ...

QIC replaces real estate managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... consumer preferences." QIC recently appointed Julian Loh as sustainability manager overseeing decarbonisation, innovation, and nature, while Timothy Grech is the new sustainability manager for resilience. Grech worked previously in KPMG's sustainability ...

QIC taps resilience skills

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... said. "Investors in infrastructure assets are attracted to the asset class for its stable and consistent returns, long-term nature and alignment with activities that help communities and societies prosper, and thus require a strategic sustainability ...