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Shareholders question Macquarie's climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... will be required for some time, even as the transition to renewables continues," Macquarie said. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBC) gives Macquarie Group an ACT (assessing low-carbon transition) core rating of "D" - unstructured plan execution. The ...

Fortescue ups green energy bet to power data centres

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... particularly data centres, helping meet one of the fastest growing source of demand in the world." The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBC) gives Fortescue an ACT (assessing low-carbon transition) core rating of "C" - inconsequential planning. The score ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

Green moves: Macquarie AM, RIAA, U Ethical, UNLESS Financial

ELIZABETH FRY, ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... at Commonwealth Bank. Macquarie AM has been ramping up its ESG team. The asset manager joined the World Benchmarking Alliance in 2021, integrating its benchmarks into a comprehensive SDG database for its investment teams. Lastly, UNLESS Financial has ...

IFM Investors launches modern slavery framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
As institutional investors grapple with addressing modern slavery in their investment processes, a new paper by IFM Investors provides a framework on how they can start tackling a problem that is often invisible. IFM's newly released paper, Addressing ...

Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... projected to overshoot its 1.5°C carbon budget by over 70% between 2022 and 2050, according to the World Benchmarking Alliance. Critics question the project's ability to curb Woodside's emissions growth - especially in light of its recent US$900 ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate. Finance entity signatories included Bezos Earth Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the World Benchmarking Alliance. The Bezos Earth Fund also announced US$57 million in grants for initiatives that address the climate and biodiversity impacts ...

Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Most companies are failing on human rights and gender performance, according to The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). WBA recently released its Corporate Human Rights Benchmark and Gender Benchmark. The human rights benchmark ranked 110 of the world's ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... it at a much higher price, causing long-term damage to biodiversity and agricultural productivity." World Benchmarking Alliance Nature Benchmark This comes as the World Benchmarking Alliance has launched its Nature Benchmark, identifying 25 key nature ...
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