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The importance of infrastructure in the transition to low carbon

URSULA TONKIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... dubbed "the challenge of our lifetime", is reshaping the industries which generate or facilitate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Serious changes need to be made in the coming decades. For example, electricity and heating must shift entirely away from ...

Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... as a lynchpin measure of credibility because of the impact that action can have on reducing company's operational emissions, said Nikola CaÅiule, Greenpeace Australia Pacific head of research and investigations. "We know that renewable electricity ...

Federated Hermes launches climate change high yield credit strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels throughout our portfolio last year, our ambition now and going forward is to contribute to getting absolute emissions down significantly in the real economy. "Providing financing to facilitate a much-needed transition across sectors is an ...

IFM Investors sets 2030 emissions target

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure assets by 40% by 2030, as it heads down the path to net zero by 2050. IFM Investors has set its interim emissions reduction target for the infrastructure asset class at 1.16 million metric tons of CO2e, a 40% reduction on 2019 levels. ...

Boral to go net zero by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... net zero commitments aligned to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Boral will reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 46% by 2030 and will reduce relevant Scope 3 emissions by 22%, both from a 2019 baseline. The targets commit Boral to net ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... assets Elizabeth O'Leary. O'Leary said that in addition to the work that the agricultural industry is doing to reduce emissions, the sector is uniquely poised to contribute carbon reduction services through environmental services such as carbon sequestration ...

New Climate Action 100 engagement to tackle food and beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... cites statistics saying that the global food system is responsible for an estimated 25 to 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions, or between 13.6 billion and 17.9 billion tons of CO2e annually. The aim of the specific expectations is to inform and improve ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... quite disappointing," Horster said. "It's not that all of a sudden, every company is reporting its greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, despite all this conversation over 10 years, an additional one thousand companies are reporting, meaning 4000 ...

NSW Land Registry Services in $300m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... development of a Reconciliation Action Plan and other ESG metrics. Additional sustainability metrics focus on greenhouse gas emissions reduction, gender diversity and continued leadership in the GRESB Infrastructure Asset Assessment. "We are the trusted ...

Greenwashing a challenge to sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... its impact in the future. "It starts with where a company might be at the current point in time, in terms of carbon emissions for example. We're looking to further enhance our toolset to capture what a company is going to do in the future - such ...