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CEFC nears $1 billion mark in investment in Australia's wind sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... their longer-term commercial potential," Gardner said. "This development has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 9.3 million tonnes over its lifetime, making a significant contribution to efforts to lower carbon emissions across ...

Local Government Super direct property portfolio certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... LGS said that it purchased dual credit offset units that combine biodiversity outcomes in Australia with international emissions reduction. The Australian offsets, supplied by Greenfleet, will result in more than 5,000 native trees being planted in Eastern ...

CEFC invests $30m in Woolworths Group green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... message to participants of Woolworths' extensive supply chain and makes a clear statement about its sustainability and emissions reduction objectives to the estimated 30 million customers who shop the Woolworths brand each week. "This retail-focused ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... responsible investment team business. "To give ourselves just a 50% chance of limiting warming by 2100, we need to hit peak emissions next year, we need to phase out coal use and transition to 50% electric vehicles in the next 30 years. A key conclusion ...

Investec Asset Management launches Global Environment Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Asset Management) "Scope 3 is a lot harder to measure and not all companies will ascribe a number to their indirect emissions," Baker said. "We're trying to engage with companies, trying to build up a database with the consultant to try and infer scope ...

ACCR planning to lodge resolutions at Santos, Woodside Petroleum AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... upcoming May 2019 AGMs of Santos and Woodside Petroleum, asking the companies to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. ACCR is currently campaigning to attract the 100 shareholder signatures for each company ...

Calix identifies six sustainability challenges impacting clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... are working on with clients. Andrew Oakley, general manager, strategy and commercial, Calix Calix named reducing CO2 emissions, creating energy, making crop protection safer, feeding the growing human population, protecting ageing infrastructure and ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... related financial impacts on a company. To start with, the electricity sector represents only about 33% of our nation's emissions. Investors are increasingly viewing climate risk as a material financial issue, as are regulators, as mentioned, and banks ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... global business community that works to find solutions to some of the big questions, such as: how to get to net zero emissions by 2050," Hewson said. "How can we help to make our cities more sustainable and liveable? And how can business lead the transition ...

40% of ASX200 fall short of the carbon reduction requirements: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... associate, ESG Research, MSCI MSCI has analysed ASX200 company risk through the lens of direct regulatory risk under carbon emissions reduction targets. The model tested the ability of companies to transition to a carbon constrained market under three ...