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Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... trees, grow trees and harvest and sell, and that underpins that 5% return, and the benefit is that the additional carbon credit comes on top," Whitely told FS Sustainability. "It's incremental, but given your view on the future carbon price, we believe ...

Government's Climate Active certification challenged over possible greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
The Australia Institute has filed a complaint with the Australian Consumer Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), asking for an investigation of the Australian government's Climate Active certification scheme over potential greenwashing. The ...

Orica implements ESG data platform for GHG emission reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Orica is gearing up to move to "near real time" reporting and forecasting on the company's greenhouse gasses emissions and reductions. The listed mining and infrastructure solutions provider has extended an existing relationship with Cognizant, which ...

Safeguard Mechanism reforms to prompt ACCU demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Demand for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) will continue to be high, but there is an increased risk in a cumulative shortfall to 2030. An independent review of the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme - the Chubb Review - has found the ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
"Future facing commodities" and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards are the fastest rising topics of discussion in sustainability, while social issues are quickly rising to the fore with ASX-listed companies ...

Chubb Review recommends reforms to ACCU governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
An independent review of the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme has found the integrity of key methodologies is generally "sound," while recommending improvements to governance and transparency. The results of the Independent Review of Australian ...

Carbon credits as a source of alpha: Apostle Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... joined Apostle as partner - global carbon markets from the Commonwealth Bank ahead of the fund manager's Global Carbon Credit fund launch. "There's a lot of people that view carbon as a commitment they've made to shareholders and they need ...

ASX200 see material biodiversity risks: Martin Currie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Large Australian listed companies say they have a role to play in protecting and enhancing biodiversity, but few have policies in place to address the issue, according to Martin Currie Australia. Martin Currie has surveyed ASX200 companies on the topic ...

Carbon markets, biodiversity on tap at COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The state of further technical negotiations on areas like carbon markets and loss and damage are the subject of the second week of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh The aim of COP27 is, among other issues, to finalse the text of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... further. "We have seen now, carbon price signals in the California market, the New Zealand market, the [Australian Carbon Credit Unit], ACCU market, the [Verified Carbon Unit] VCU market, where the carbon market price reaches a reasonable level, land ...