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Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has identified sustainable finance governance and greenwashing as one of three key focus areas for action in 2024. Speaking at this week's annual forum, ASIC chair Joe Longo said sustainable financial reporting and disclosure, better consumer outcomes ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The government's sustainable finance strategy is an opportunity to tie action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to action on climate. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds called the recently released strategy a "welcome ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... to achieve 2025 emissions reduction targets, while the forestry sector has reduced emissions - but at a fraction of the target rate. Global preparedness to achieve net zero by 2050 is less than a third to half the level required for a more orderly transition ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... 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 target and 58% engage in lobbying that contradicts their public goals. Woodside ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A Western Australia based hydrogen hub has progressed one step further to becoming operational, with the Albanese government announcing $70 million in support as part of its Regional Hydrogen Hubs program. bp's H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub has reached Front-End ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... The only exception was the energy sector, for which the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) hasn't yet finalised a target-approval methodology. Labelled-bond issuers succeed in having carbon-reduction targets covering all three emission scopes (Scopes ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The global property industry has embraced sustainable finance instruments in a trend that offers an investment opportunity of at least half a trillion Australian dollars, ahead of mandatory emissions data disclosures due in 2024. Buildings contribute ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
As the world gears up for COP28, practitioners are preparing for a significant shift towards the integration of nature and climate in reporting. Evan Center, an expert in environment and climate change with the United Nations Global Compact Network ...

FS Sustainability launches ESG Power50 nominations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
FS Sustainability 's ESG Power50 nominations are open for nominations to find the most influential ESG professionals working at ASX-listed companies. Building on the success of the 2023 ESG Power50 list, readers of FS Sustainability along with FS ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management has launched a new open-ended, positive impact investment vehicle with a target AUM of $1 billion. The Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy will own and operate a diversified portfolio of investment-grade, broadacre ...