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Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... investors that have recently exited the CA100+ such as BlackRock, State Street and JP Morgan Asset Management. This contradicts claims investors are leveraging active ownership towards better climate governance. Market Forces looked at 45 energy companies ...

Minorities to have bigger say under Positive Duty regime: Rio Tinto

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Sexual harassment claims are more prevalent in mining companies than in any other business sector, but better Positive Duty governance could turn the tide around, especially for minorities, delegates at the ACSI conference heard last Thursday. Kate ...

Greenwashing remains a priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... want to be seen as the regulator that stifles innovation," said Constant, but she stressed that when companies do make claims about being green, they need to back those claims with evidence. "For the person who ticked that 'green' option, did ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... ensure the index does deliver as expected by the fund. There simply can't be a disparity between the index and the claims of the fund." It is important for investors to understand that different types of conflicts are covered by different frameworks ...

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures disbanded

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... has stated in its consultation paper that companies "will be afforded protection from false or misleading representation claims from private litigants" for the first three years, during which time only the regulator would have the power to take action. ...

ACCC issues greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released final guidance on greenwashing while flagging that emissions and offsetting claims are in the spotlight next year. The principles comprise the ACCC's final guidance on environmental claims, which sets out the ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... at a COP, and several emerging economies launched carbon market initiatives. COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out During the first week of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Australia and other countries outlined ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... to accelerate decarbonisation in heavy emitting sectors and transport globally with 35 companies joining. COP president claims "no science" behind fossil fuel phase-out Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 president, claimed there is "no science" that phasing out ...

New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... finance to climate mitigation initiatives and commitment beyond science-aligned emissions cuts. The new guidance for the Claims Code of Practice aims to accelerate capital flows to low- and middle-income economies through strengthening the integrity ...

Rest invests $1b in Quinbrook green data centres

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... efficient data centres including Quinbrook's $2.5 billion "Supernode" data storage project in Brisbane, which the company claims is the largest in the southern hemisphere. Quinbrook develops solar energy and storage, energy efficient data centres, renewables ...
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