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New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... reductions targets, and current Scope 3 emissions. Under the VCMI criteria, the number of carbon credits purchased by a company must not be more than half its GHG inventory Scope 3 emissions in the claim year. Companies should reduce their reliance on ...

Rest invests $1b in Quinbrook green data centres

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... energy efficient data centres including Quinbrook's $2.5 billion "Supernode" data storage project in Brisbane, which the company claims is the largest in the southern hemisphere. Quinbrook develops solar energy and storage, energy efficient data centres ...

Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... none of the top performing companies ranked higher than 50% for gender equality. Overall leaders are American apparel company VF Corporation (owner of The North Face and Vans), French luxury goods corporation Kering (owner of brands like Gucci and Balenciaga) ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... is widely expected that biodiversity will become part of this stocktake if not at COP28, then in the near future. "Any company that wants to manage its risk has to understand that nature and biodiversity is coming sooner rather than later and making ...

Surge in executive support for sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Executives that view sustainability as a financial burden declined by more than half (from 53% to 22%). 61% say their company has a defined priority list of sustainability initiatives to implement in the next three years (up from 49%), and 57% say their ...

Workplace conduct a financial risk: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... is a material financial risk to business and investors, with potential spillover impacts extending beyond an individual company to jeopardise the reputation of entire industries, according to new research from Fidelity International. Fidelity International ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... cross-border finance for developing economies. The Sector Progress Tracker, developed by management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, provides a comprehensive overview of the progress and preparedness of sectors towards achieving net zero emissions ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Despite widespread corporate commitments to net zero, a significant proportion of global companies engage in lobbying that contradicts their stated environmental goals. While almost all US companies target net zero, most are weakly aligned to their ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate Change and Directors Duties from the Centre for Policy Development and the Future Business Council opinion on company directors' legal obligations to consider the impacts of climate change, authored by barrister Noel Hutley SC. "From the ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... be compulsory reporting with a requirement for hard data on emissions, that will go alongside financial statements in a company's annual report. "This is the biggest change in financial and company reporting in a generation, and will have a huge impact ...