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Report sounds alarm on data centre climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... and Data Centre Sustainability in Australia, covering the insights of more than 100 sustainability managers surveyed in April and May this year. The research cites statistics finding that IT and data centres contribute approximately 1% of global electricity ...

Executive appointment roundup: State Street, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... debt and coverage across multiple roles at ANZ, Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN Amro. She relocated from Sydney to London in April. David Simmons has been appointed executive director, sustainable finance, replacing Tonkin in Sydney. Simmons was previously ...

ANZ augments sustainable finance team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... debt and coverage across multiple roles at ANZ, Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN Amro. She relocated from Sydney to London in April. David Simmons has been appointed executive director, sustainable finance, replacing Tonkin in Sydney. Simmons was previously ...

World first $1.6bn Climate Bonds green loan: QIC and Vector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... and international lenders. QIC reached contractual close in a joint venture deal with Vector Ltd for Vector Metering in April 2023. "This investment, together with the green financing instrument we have secured, is another demonstration of QIC Infrastructure's ...

Strong demand for green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... bonds to create a benchmark. He also highlighted Australia's announced intention to issue sovereign green bonds as well. In April, the federal government announced it will introduce a Sovereign Green Bonds program "enabling investors to back public projects ...

Western Australia issues first green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... international requirements for funding through green or social bonds. WATC established its Sustainability Bond Framework in April 2023, structured in accordance with the International Capital Market Association's Green and Social Bond Principles ...

Aussie AI platform aids HK firms in Scope 3 emissions compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Board (ISSB) Climate Standard and enforce Scope 3 emissions reporting disclosure. The proposed regulations, released in April this year, come into effect from January 2024. Although Scope 3 emissions contribute approximately 80% of the company's ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... could be exposed to significant risk. Australia's oldest power plant, AGL's Liddell power station, closed down 28 April. Travis Hughes, general manager of energy hubs for AGL, says that more closure plans are in motion for the energy company. ...

ASIC fines Future Super over greenwashing Facebook post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... people prior to being taken down. Future Super self-reported this to ASIC and paid the $13,320 infringement notice on 27 April 2023. "The post on the Future Super Fund Facebook page overstated the positive environmental impact of the fund and we were ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It is 10 years since more than a thousand people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker ...