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Three innovations to fix carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... sequestration must be ramped up to eight times its current level by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. "After a turbulent few years, we are entering a critical stage in the challenge of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. This is a goal that still ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Rising interest rates and weak disposable income growth have caused housing affordability to drop to its lowest point in decades, according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) senior economists. The economists pointed out that Australian Bureau ...

Borrowers pressured for plans as Scope 3 left in dust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... difficult decisions. "This shift will not be linear and will include a series of cumulative leaps and tipping points over the next few decades. Our global success will depend on maintaining energy security, increasing resiliency and sustaining economic ...

Execs sceptical of 2050 net zero goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Confidence in net zero by 2050 is diminishing, with almost two-thirds of executives now anticipating the world will reach net zero by 2060 or later, up from just over half a year ago. Despite this, most companies are sustaining or ramping up investments ...

Big super's plan on fossil fuel return

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
While the country's top 30 super funds have lower stakes in Woodside and Santos, they continue to engage with the resource companies while prioritising returns for members. Compared with two years prior, the two energy giants have a larger share ...

Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... equitable access to renewable energy sources, providing valuable education and training pathways to employment - to name a few." "It is really important that we all contribute to a spectrum of flexible funding opportunities - providing initiatives and ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... concerns, commercial secrecy, resource constraints, complex supply chains, or lack of standards or industry norms, to name a few," Lau listed. Large corporations did not disclose differently to smaller companies. A current gap in reporting standards ...

Growth in green bond issuance brings choice, challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The green, social and sustainability (GSS+) bond market is in its infancy, but the growth in issuance as well as fund strategies covering that category of bonds means investors have increased choice, but also questions about transparency and how to ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, state actors, and the IEA net zero by 2050. Likely climate scenarios follow a few paths: Paris-aligned paths, a 2°C trajectory, and a disorderly transition exceeding 2°C, influenced by policy ...

Research flags need for comprehensive ESG reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
While most companies report on sustainability frameworks, few conduct independent external assurance, according to new research that also calls for mandatory reporting that goes beyond climate. Researchers at the Deakin Integrated Reporting Centre (DIRC) ...