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Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors support the federal government's announcement of an expansion to the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) to 32 GW of renewable energy - up from 9 GW - to enable the federal renewable energy target of 82% by 2030. Federal Climate and Energy ...

COP28 Unveiled: Assessing Global Climate Progress and the Road Ahead

VIRGINIE DERUE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
This year's United Nations climate change conference, COP28, is in many ways an important milestone, as it will respond to the first so-called global stocktake - the most comprehensive assessment of the world's collective progress towards the ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has identified sustainable finance governance and greenwashing as one of three key focus areas for action in 2024. Speaking at this week's annual forum, ASIC chair Joe Longo said sustainable financial reporting and disclosure, better consumer outcomes ...

BlackRock's Evergreen Infrastructure fund scores US$1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock's core infrastructure equity strategy will invest in energy transition and security, as the open-ended fund makes its first investment to acquire a US commercial and industrial solar and battery platform. With nearly US$1 billion in commitments ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The government's sustainable finance strategy is an opportunity to tie action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to action on climate. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds called the recently released strategy a "welcome ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Despite widespread corporate commitments to net zero, a significant proportion of global companies engage in lobbying that contradicts their stated environmental goals. While almost all US companies target net zero, most are weakly aligned to their ...

Macquarie opens clean energy arm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The world's biggest infrastructure asset manager, Macquarie Asset Management, has launched a $10 billion onshore renewable energy business to attract long-term investment capital. Aula Energy will develop and operate utility-scale wind, solar and ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A range of new tools have been released from organisations including Moody's Investors Service, ISS STOXX, Global Impact Investing Network, UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment, Bloomberg and Riskthinking.AI. Moody's releases framework ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainability Linked Bonds are more likely to achieve emissions reductions targets than use of proceeds bonds, but many labelled bond users are not tracking to meet 2050 net zero targets. Corporate issuers are increasingly turning to labelled bonds ...

Greenwashing a barrier to responsible investment uptake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors considering responsible investment products say greenwashing, lack of understanding of methodology used by managers and a desire for financial advice first is stopping them from investing. According to the third 2023 Responsible Investing ...