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Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime
Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield.
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Mandatory sustainability reporting in Australia
This paper provides an in-depth guide on identifying which entities need to prepare mandatory sustainability reports in their annual reports, and covers ...
Decoding Trump 2.0 and the impact on ESG investing
From an ESG perspective, Trump's social, economic and political agenda will keep issues rich and complicated for companies and investors alike, and that ...
Interesting to note, the syndicates are predominantly offshore European banks. Santander from Spain continues to expand internationally with UK, USA and now a focus on Australia. Good to see ANZ and CBA in the first CEFC deals too.
It will be interesting to watch the investments continue. With $85M invested from a $2Bn per year fund, that leaves $1.915Bn to play with. Will we see $100-200M+ investments prior to the election?
[...] Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments [...]