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QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Queensland Government-owned fund manager has converted a finance facility into a US$300 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL). Lenders are Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, ING Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking ...

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Cyber security, worker safety and nature and biodivdersity expectations are on the list of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) Governance Guidelines. The guidelines are updated every two years and underpin ACSI's proxy voting ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... achievement." Climate finance took centre stage with over 100 countries committing to triple renewable energy, a Loss and Damage fund operationalised, major oil and gas sector entities committing to decarbonising their direct emissions and reducing methane ...

L'Oréal Groupe invests in First Nations-led biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... four. In November the personal care company announced a new partnership with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) to fund the Reef Restoration and Adaption Program (RRAP) through the €50 million Fund for Nature Regeneration, planting 2 million ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... to finance, $8.9 billion to livelihoods, $6.8 billion to energy, $1.7 billion to inclusion, $3.5 billion to Green Climate Fund, $792 million to Loss and Damage Fund, $134 million Adaptation Fund, $129 million Least Developed Countries Fund, and $31million ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), backed by Australia and more than 600 government and non-government partners, has announced $17 billion in new funding for climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovations. The ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Global public and private funding directly damages nature reached US$7 trillion per year, while funding with a positive impact reached $200 billion last year - a 30-fold gap. New research from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) compared ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian government has announced it will rejoin the global Green Climate Fund with an initial contribution of $50 million, and allocate $100 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility, to help developing countries transition their economies to ...

Government sets stage for sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... they're talking about Rewiring the Nation as being up for eligibility, they're also referencing Household Energy Upgrade Fund, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation within the framework. You start drilling down on the high level detail and you ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... commitments to reduce emissions including methane, non-CO2 gasses and coal. COP28 day one recap: US$429m loss and damage fund The first day of COP28 culminated in a landmark deal to help the most vulnerable emerging economies pay for the impacts of climate ...