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Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... energy, that can help power our operations for decades to come." Earlier this year, PUMA announced it had reached its science-based emissions reduction target seven years ahead of schedule. The sports retailer has now been named one of the world's most ...

Groups unite against carbon offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... increasing pressure to allow countries and companies to use carbon credits most notably with the public statement of the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) board of trustees. The group says offsets provide a social license for high-emitting activities ...

SBTi chief Luiz Amaral to step down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The group tasked with defining best practice in science-based emissions reduction goals seeks a new CEO. Luiz Fernando do Amaral will step down from his role for personal reasons at the end of July. Susan Jenny Ehr, currently chief legal officer, will ...

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... she has moved to the the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency. Gloster is a diversity advocate, a sought-after keynote speaker, commentator, and guest panellist on ABCTV Gruen. ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... chair. In March this year he pivoted, taking up a chair position on the carbon advisory board to help Future Group set science-based carbon reduction targets - inspired by the A$44,3 billion Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). He joins the firm ...

UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... company BRF, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, and innovation consultancy Consulus. She holds a Master of Science in Marketing from Nanyang Business School, as well as sustainability management and leadership training with the University ...

MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... non-executive director. Impact Alpha Partners (IAP), founded in 2023, sought Lucchese's expertise spanning environmental science, climate risk and sustainable finance. As FS Sustainability 's sister magazine Industry Moves reported in April, Lucchese ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... classes captured within the banks' SFTs, is unlikely to turn this bleak picture around at the speed and scale the climate science demands. The banks should "advocate for more ambitious and coordinated policy, regulatory and investment settings that reflect ...

Three innovations to fix carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... innovations: Carbon projects that incentivise the protection and restoration of ecosystems, Infrastructure for a strict science-based nature repair market that complements the carbon market, and A new public fund to kick-start nature markets. It is also ...

MLC Life hires from U Ethical

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... active stewardship activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital ...