How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Investing in climate mitigation is a key priority, but investing in adaptation and resilience to the physical damages of climate change is lagging behind

Student accommodation provider inks billion-dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
An owner/operator of purpose-built student accommodation has converted a $1.4bn loan into a sustainability-linked loan linked to a number of ESG targets.

Solving carbon credit concerns with blockchain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The validity of voluntary carbon credits has recently been thrust into the spotlight with concerns around issues like double counting, additionality and unreliable baselines leading carbon offsets to be labelled a "scam".

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
While setting a net zero target and implementing strategies is not quite business as usual for all companies in Australia, it may be getting there.

Act now on carbon emissions to avoid higher costs later: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The price of Australian Carbon Credit Units is likely to double by 2035, meaning that companies should act now to reduce or abate emissions, EY said.

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Insurance leaders have reframed the challenge of climate risk as an opportunity, stating that physical risk from climate change is not the biggest challenge to insurance.

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's top carbon-emitting companies are still failing to align their decarbonisation targets with the goal of containing global warming at 1.5°.

Podcast: Regenerating Aussie agriculture from field to plate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Joining today on The Greener Way is the Wide Open Agriculture CEO Jay Albany.

KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
KPMG has partnered with Microsoft to release a new educational platform to upskill the global workforce to meet demand for better environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Although Australian business leaders rank sustainability as being high in their organisational corporate structure, only 35% of businesses have achieved set sustainability targets over the past two years, according to Cognizant.