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Will Baylis

Portfolio Manager, Martin Currie Australia

William F. Halsey, an American Navy Admiral during WWII once said, “All problems become smaller when you confront them instead of dodging them…”

At our second annual Pathway to 2030 Forum in October 2023, I was honoured to moderate a panel of investors, sustainability experts and leading listed companies to discuss how we can all work together to tackle the enormous issue of Net Zero.

For the panel, we specifically brought together representatives from Telstra, BlueScope Steel and Worley, with CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) to garner insight from organisations at different stages in their energy transition and emissions reduction pathway. While these are all Australian entities, their insight and experience are global in nature.

The panel discussed how we are all not short of ambition, skill or technology, but in order to improve the pace of energy transition pipeline fulfilment, we need to think differently to work together to get the required capital flowing globally. The panel offered thought-provoking perspectives on the critical elements to achieve this, including transition fuels and carbon offsets, collaboration across and within sectors, a shift away from the traditional way of delivering infrastructure projects, opportunities from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and a focus on community and social licence to operate. From an investor perspective, we shared our views on active ownership as integral to success on Net Zero.

Will we meet our 2030 and 2050 targets?

Read the full report: HERE

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