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Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... prompts BlackRock to fulfill its obligations under international frameworks," said Madan. It alleges the asset manager is financing deforestation, biodiversity loss, land grabs, human rights harm, and breaches of Indigenous Peoples' rights. "BlackRock ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Developing countries are asking for more climate financing and wealthy nations debating how to pay for it. The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) runs from 11-22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. So far, COP29 chief executive Elnur Soltanov ...

Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... really is a showcase of how using all these different inputs - technology providers, export credit agencies and the financing component - could bring forward meaningful investments in the energy transition." The concern from the conference delegates ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... aid to Israel of US$38 billion spread over 10 years in 2016. Israel receives such grants under the Foreign Military Financing program that it must then use to purchase American-made military weapons, technology, and services. In the eight years he was ...

Green moves at Future Group, AusSuper, Birdwood, Minderoo, Mutual Trust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... new advisors. DCG offers digital assets in climate markets, renewable energy markets, and nature-based institutional financing. Venture capitalist Brinc's Okazawa Kyoya will advise DCG on the Japanese market. As a former Credit Suisse & BNP Paribas ...

Climate finance gets $100bn boost: ADB

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Bank (ADB) has committed more than $100 billion in cumulative climate finance from 2019 to 2030, half of its annual financing. This comes in response to "cascading shocks" that have "derailed years of development progress" in Asia Pacific, according ...

ESG moves: S&P, UBS AM, Iress, Climate Energy Finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... has joined Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) as a senior associate in sustainability advisory. QTC is the central financing authority for the Queensland Government. Aggarwal now supports the Queensland Government with delivering legislated decarbonisation ...

CommBank exits fossil fuels as rivals fund Santos

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... However, in a public statement in July, ANZ acknowledged the energy sector was the most emissions-intensive part of its financing. ANZ claimed its financed emissions for the power generation, oil and gas and thermal coal sectors reduced by 25%, 30% and ...

NorthStar Impact analyst joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... investment stewardship Alexis Cheung welcomed Carson Edwards saying she joins a team that helps the NSW state government financing and investment arm to more deeply integrate climate risk, decarbonisation and ESG insights into its total portfolio management ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... has set an ambitious goal to become a developed nation by 2045... to achieve this, the country has embraced innovative financing for sustainable development, exemplified by the introduction of the SDG Bond [in 2021]", said Dr Vivi Yulaswati, chair of ...