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EY calls for "fundamental revisit" of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... to declines in the Living Planet Index, in freshwater, increases in atmospheric concentrations of CO2, deforestation and ocean acidification. The statistics speak for themselves, and there is not any indicator - they're all in decline and the rate of ...

Deloitte launches specialist climate solutions practice

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... time it takes to deliver large scale emissions solutions for clients. Proposed areas of focus include low-cost wind energy, ocean carbon sequestration, coal/biomass ash circular economy application and hydrogen remote area power. "Deloitte took a leading ...

EY launches Net Zero Centre

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
EY Oceania has created the Net Zero Centre, an end-to-end service hub designed to assist and accelerate the transition of Australian and New Zealand companies to net-zero by 2050. The Net Zero Centre is led by EY PJP partner Blair Comley, formerly the ...

Biodiversity loss a material financial risk: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Biodiversity loss is a material financial risk for Australian companies that could wipe out up to $27 billion from the Australian economy annually by 2050, according to a report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has ...

IFRS announces plan for comprehensive sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
A new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will develop a comprehensive set of sustainability disclosure standards that accounting professionals say would be a critical step to harmonising a fragmented reporting landscape. The International ...

MUFG, First Sentier announce head of Sustainable Investment Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Karadzhova will be responsible for developing the institute's research programme which will include macro-level research on sustainable investment topics, market trends and industry practices. Karadzhova comes to the institute from MSCI, where she was ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... pathways, which come from science, are banking on capturing GHG emission out of the atmosphere." Carbon capture through ocean activity and land-based sequestration has to be augmented through technology advances, and investors, governments and businesses ...

Andrew Forrest steps up No Pain No Fear campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... "Moving the fish farms with the better technology we now do have into deep water or high current where the impact on the ocean floor is zero, and land-based fish farming." Forrest says the technology improvements to ensure No Pain, No Fear in animal ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
EY has named Mathew Nelson Oceania chief sustainability officer, a newly created role. Nelson's new role will become effective 1 July 2021. "We know that environmental, social and governance (ESG), sustainability and climate change are broad agendas ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... service, and then connecting that into the finance bit," Gillies said. The Australian-first project builds on previous Mapping Ocean Wealth Australia research funded by HSBC and supported by TNC Australia. This research quantified both the economic contribution ...