How well are Australian companies financing their climate commitments?

About this episode

The episode discusses how Australian companies are financing their climate commitments and the gap between net zero targets and actual capital allocation.

Financing Australia’s Corporate Climate Transition Despite 66% of ASX200 companies having net zero targets, most aren’t backing these ambitions with the capital needed to deliver real-world results. In this episode, IGCC’s Corporate Engagement Director Richard and Cassandra Austen from Pollination unpack the findings of Financing Australia’s Corporate Climate Transition — a new investor-focused report assessing how well companies are aligning their capital allocation with their climate goals....

People in this episode

Guest: Cassandra Austen

Topics covered

• climate finance
• corporate climate commitments
• ASX200

Keywords

• net zero
• capital allocation
• climate goals

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Financing Australia’s Corporate Climate Transition report

Books & works: Financing Australia’s Corporate Climate Transition

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