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Cutting the carbon without sacrificing return: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... down, every process a company does to produce goods and services will emit some carbon. Carbon intensity - that is, emissions divided by sales - is a rough proxy for resources divided by sales, and that is an efficiency metric." UBS did find that small ...

Queensland train project secures $620m green loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the Low Carbon Transport Criteria. The project aligns with the criteria through its commitment to offer low-carbon, emissions-free sustainable transport to the South East Queensland commuter network. In obtaining the green loan, Qtectic was assisted ...

Supermarket group signs 10-year renewable deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Group's NSW energy needs with the electricity required to power 108 supermarkets, avoiding almost 158,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year. Woolworths Group has set a commitment to transition to 100% renewable electricity by 2025 and a long-term ...

SGX CEO calls for increased international collaboration on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... develop Climate Impact X (CIX), aimed at providing entities with high quality carbon credits to address hard-to-abate emissions. But Loh also called on other stakeholders to play their role in developing sustainable markets. "To support and enable the ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... HSBC said. "We've made the commitment to net zero, but in the race to net zero, we need some way to manage residual emissions that will always exist," said HSBC Australia's head of sustainability Alpa Bhattacharjee. "You can't always rely on negative ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... hours, three overseas actions hit major oil and gas companies. A Dutch court ruled that Shell must reduce its global emissions (Scopes 1+2+3) by 45% by 2030, based on 2019 levels, in a case filed by Friends of the Earth. Shell has vowed to appeal the ...

Evaluating impact of climate policy on company valuation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Quantifying the scale of recent commitments is a challenge, given the volme of emissions by country and where each country is in terms of economic development, J.P. Morgan Asset Management said in a research ...

Singapore Stock Exchange to launch carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... developing Climate Impact X (CIX), aimed at providing entities with high quality carbon credits to address hard-to-abate emissions. CIX will offer platforms, including CIX Exchange and Project Marketplace, both of which are expected to launch by end ...

$515 million sustainability loan anchors seaport refinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... eligibility criteria," Spiteri said. The SLL is aligned to five environmental and social goals: to keep Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions below the 2025 trajectory level based on Port of Newcastle's Well Below 2-degree scenario; 100% of all existing and ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... like renewables and electric vehicles, but there's a recognition that there's a need to decarbonise or reduce emissions across all industries, and there are products and services that are helping to make energy use more efficient and industrial ...