Major investors and super funds will lead a push for the private sector to make much deeper cuts in national greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 than planned by the Morrison government, including setting a target based on what scientists say is necessary.
The newly created “climate league 2030” is calling on investors, insurers, banks and companies to sign up to a goal of reducing national emissions by at least 230m tonnes a year more than the government forecasts by 2030.
It is equivalent to about a 45% cut by 2030 compared with the 2005 benchmark used by the government – the minimum short-term target recommended by the government’s Climate Change Authority for Australia to play its part in keeping average global heating below 2C. They say action is needed now to put the country on a path to net zero emissions by 2050.
The league’s foundation members are 16 institutional investors that collectively manage assets worth more than $850bn. They include Aware Super, Cbus, IFM Investors, the Queensland Investment Corporation, AustralianSuper, Hesta, Lendlease Funds Management and UniSuper.
Aware Super’s chief executive, Deanne Stewart, said it was critical that businesses, investors and governments set and delivered transparent, meaningful and measurable targets and goals “to really shift the dial and achieve lasting action” to halt the potentially devastating impacts of the climate crisis.
“We can do this individually, but collaboratively we have the power to do so much more,” she said. “As a founding member of climate league 2030 we would encourage other investors, businesses and the community to come together, stop talking about the issues and instead start taking meaningful action to support a necessary transition to a low carbon and sustainable economy.”
引用元：The Guardiaon https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/14/investors-lead-push-for-australian-business-to-cut-emissions-more-than-government-forecasts
世界中には、米国の「We Are Still」や「We meas business」、ニュージーランドの「Climate Leaders Coalition」のように、市民の力を結集して、気候危機対策に取り組んでいる団体があります。持続可能な社会の構築には、大量生産・大量消費の経済から、人にも環境にも優しい経済へのパラダイムシフトが必要です。日本においても、経団連が１１月をめどに「新成長戦略」をとりまとめています。その新成長戦略では、企業が社会的な課題を解決することで収益をあげ、存続、発展していくことを経営の根幹に据えて、持続可能性を重視する「サステイナブル資本主義」への転換を強く打ち出す予定です。
