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Grim stats for company, investor net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... meet the target or not," said Matt Picone, senior vice president and portfolio management, Acadian Asset Management Australia. "We are combining how companies have decarbonised to date and the variability around that and forward looking, what targets ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australia is "uniquely positioned" to profit from any biodiversity credit market based on nature-positive outcomes, but it will require collaboration from business and government to grow a thriving market, according to analysis from Clayton Utz. Off ...

Legal changes put sexual harassment on par with workplace safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... remuneration structure related to safety incidents and fatalities. The Respect@Work National Inquiry in 2020 found that Australia's sexual harassment laws were falling behind other countries and failing to address the issue in Australian workplaces. ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The gap between those with the most and those with the least has blown out over the past two decades, with the average wealth of the highest 20% growing at four times the rate of the lowest, new research suggests. A new report by the Australian Council ...

Exiting emissions-intensive assets may not reduce climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... just transition and asset decommissioning and rehabilitation. Fiona Reynolds, chair of the UN Global Compact Network Australia, said the fact that the majority of companies will fail to achieve net zero goals if they don't double the pace of emissions ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... (ACCUs) by the national Clean Energy Regulator - the largest allocation for an individual soil carbon farming project in Australia to date. Regenerative graziers Carly and Grant Burnham started the project in 2016 with more than 5275 hectares of their ...

KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG). The ESG Academy will be available for Australian business leaders and their teams and compliments KPMG Australia's ESG Pathways program developed in partnership with Monash University's Climateworks Centre. The coursework leverages ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio by 43% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The $260 billion super fund has released its Net Zero 2050 Roadmap, outlining how the fund plans to ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Climate change, gender equality, decent work, and natural capital and biodiversity loss are priorities for one major Australian superfund when it comes to the 2023 ASX300 AGM season. HESTA, which has approximately $76 billion in assets under management ...

Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... is tougher than before. The cancellation "sends a further signal to the investment community that the climate wars of Australia are over and there is a definite position on climate policy moving forward," Donovan said. "This provides certainty and confidence ...