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Social and governance factors top "new risk reality"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... development plans. Social and governance issues accounted for 73% and 65% of sustainability efforts respectively. A focus on energy, waste and carbon emissions accounts for 88% of sustainability efforts, with large companies devoting 95% of resources ...

Investor group with US$2tr AUM to measure avoided emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... financed activities. The database will initially cover 80 specifically defined low-carbon solutions, including biomass energy, recycled plastic, and low-carbon concrete. Data providers will have access to estimate avoided emissions across a wide range ...

Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... funding strategy and investor relations Jose Fajardo. Assets in the green bond pool include water infrastructure, renewable energy and low carbon transport, he said. "QTC's green bond pool stands at $16.8 billion," Fajardo said. "We have grown this pool ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Indonesia, the UK and the US. The country did not join Australia and 119 countries to commit to the Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge at COP28.

Australian Ethical grants $500k to climate solutions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... funds under management across superannuation and managed funds. The ten not-for-profit enterprises specialise in clean energy solutions, biodiversity, and female-led enterprise. This comes as Australian Ethical is transitioning its administration to ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... medium-term emissions reduction targets with the Paris Agreement. Shareholders will take an advisory vote to update the company's energy transition strategy before the annual general meeting in May. In 2023, 20% of Shell shareholders voted to support ...

NSW can achieve electricity reliability without coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... power plant open beyond its planned closure date in 2025 as the state of NSW has made "massive progress" on new renewable energy and battery capacity, according to think tank Climate Energy Finance. The state of NSW is considering whether to pay to extend ...

WEF to unlock US$2.8 tr clean energy investment in global majority nations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced a new initiative to assist global majority nations accelerate clean energy investment solutions. The Network to Mobilize Clean Energy Investment for the Global South was founded in Davos this week to help ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
A Perth mineral technology company has raised US$10 million in seed funding to harness clean energy to process iron ore reportedly without producing carbon dioxide emissions. The funds will be used on research and development, engineering, and project ...

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... pulled state money out of the firm in an anti-ESG backlash. In his March 2023 letter, Fink identified climate risk and the energy transition as a risk to portfolios and made it clear that providing investors with information about investor risk is part ...