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ACCC investigating greenwashing allegations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... made from 100% recycled content, and non-polluting; use of comparisons, as in claiming that a business uses "fewer raw materials" to produce a product, without specifying which materials or the product to which it was being compared; exaggerating benefits ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... sold into voluntary carbon markets, he added. The fund will also provide a source of sustainable, low-carbon wood raw materials and offer investors a fund with a "substantially negative carbon intensity profile and reporting framework that can support ...

Ethical, sustainable ETFs top $9bn: Betashares

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... generate concrete outcomes." Greenwashing is also a topic that Betashares is tracking - the fund manager examined its materials in line with Information Sheet 271 on greenwashing, Liddell said. "We did a complete review of all our PDSs and marketing ...

Climate a top concern for Australia's C-Suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... project." 65% of Australian companies said the are increasing the efficiency of energy use, 60% using more sustainable materials, 60% also identified using energy efficient or climate-friendly machinery, technologies and equipment, 54% development new ...

Cbus adopts EU climate reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... carbon in the built environment sector. Embodied carbon means CO2 emissions created during the manufacture of building materials such as cement and steel, the transport of those materials to the job site, and the construction practices used. Cbus will ...

Experts consider mining the transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Bank director - mining and commodities Vivek Dhar noted there will be "exceptional volumes of demand for raw materials" including lithium, nickel, natural and synthetic graphite, and cobalt, stating that, for example, current global supply ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... the OECD average," Treasury said. "These include environmental indicators like species extinction and the level of raw materials used per Australian in everyday life (known as 'material footprint'). It also includes the gender gap between men and women ...

ISSB to require Scope 3 emissions disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... and new areas of work, on which it will consult in the first half of 2023. Foundational work will including supporting materials and developing a digital taxonomy to enable digital reporting, enhancing SASB Standards by making targeted improvements to ...

Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... concerns. "The problems we're facing is more than just investors and companies," said Nicolaj Sebrell, head of energy, materials, and utilities, ISS ESG. "You could argue that it's a problem at the level of society where we have to decide how to tackle ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... lower quality ores which have higher emissions, CEFC said. "Increasing panel efficiency and shifting to more abundant materials before constraints on silver and other materials limit industry growth is critical to improving the uptake of solar PV in ...