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CEFC invests $80m in Pacific Equity Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions as every company is on a journey and we see an opportunity to work with them to identify opportunities to decarbonise."

New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures (TIFD) and the Taskforce on Social-related Financial Disclosures (TSFD) have announced their consolidation into a single initiative to address social and inequality risks in financial reporting. ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It is possible to decarbonise Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) in line with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, but it carries a price tag of nearly half a trillion dollars of investment between now and 2050. The Clean ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... saying "this high fossil-fuel dependence inevitability implies a rising share of responsibility for global efforts to decarbonise. "As we point out in the report, by looking at the top 50 emitters in the region, we see a lot of ambitious companies, especially ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... of attention to us, given we have a 2035 timeline we still have a lot of work to do. We can't wait for the grid to decarbonise - there is active work we need to do with customers to reduce emissions such as clean energy home loans and other activities ...

More greenwashing investigations ahead: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The court case against Mercer superannuation for allegations of greenwashing is "just one of the investigations we have on foot," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. "We will do what we need to do to make sure entities are not misleading the market" on greenwashing ...

Heavy industry could decarbonise with ambitious action: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Five of Australia's most significant heavy industry supply chains could transition to net zero with "strong, effective and coordinated action" between industry, finance and government, according to a new report. The Australian Industry Energy Transition ...

ARENA backs concentrate solar power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... to heat water to create steam to power a turbine and produce electricity, or the heat can also be used directly to decarbonise some industrial processes." ARENA noted the captured heat can be stored cost-effectively for long periods with little loss ...

Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government will seek to introduce mandatory climate risk reporting standards as a first step towards a more ambitious sustainable finance strategy next year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a consultation paper on climate risk reporting ...

Podcast: Real world decarbonisation vs net zero portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... this episode, BNP Paribas Asset Management global head of sustainability Jane Ambachtsheer talks about investing to decarbonise the real economy versus investing in low carbon strategies, how to translate net zero commitments into action and the global ...