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Clean energy trends are "unstoppable"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... yet. Direct investments in the sector, supplemented by fossil fuel energy sources to ensure grid stability during the net zero transition, is turbocharging growth. The research comes out of Nuveen, the investment manager of US financial retirement services ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... placed to set the standard here." Australia's super system should follow the EU's index alignment with 1.5°C and net zero by 2050, the Climate Transition Benchmarks (CTB) and Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (PAB), he says. There is "great enthusiasm" ...

Climate Change Authority appoints new chair

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... his exit, King will deliver the CCA's advice on sectoral decarbonisation pathways to support Australia's transition to net zero. Minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen said King "has seen the authority restored to its proper role in supporting ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Investor groups welcome the Australian Government's plan to mobilise private capital to the net zero transition, modernise financial markets and maximise the economic opportunity of sustainability. The Sustainable Finance Roadmap aims to supercharge ...

IFM and QIC scoop major assets in energy deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Michael Hanna, head of infrastructure Australia at IFM Investors, said the deals align with the firm's target of net zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2050. Hanna added that the agreement will help sure up returns for members while reducing risk. "Generating ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... adding that Australia needs an additional $225 billion of investment by 2050 to transition the energy system and realise net zero opportunities. He said the "financial services industry will play a central role," particularly in how private capital is ...

Cromwell restructures lending facility

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability-linked loan principles. It is tied to a Scope 1 (direct) and 2 (indirect) emissions reduction target of net zero by 2035, and a Scope 3 (supply chain) emissions reduction target of net zero by 2045. It is also linked to a target of reducing ...

ERM inks deal with Energetics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... "This acquisition is critical to the growth of ERM in the region and is in direct response to Australia's plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. "In addition to the services already offered by ERM, the acquisition of Energetics enables us ...

Rockefeller org picks climate advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... of Standard Oil, which once controlled over 90% of US oil production, set up the organisation in 1913. It will target net zero greenhouse gas emissions for its endowment by 2050. According to the institution this makes it the largest private US foundation ...

Big win for Great Artesian Basin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... 2.35km below the surface. "What we don't want to see is the Great Artesian Basin ruined on the way through to chasing net zero by 2050," said Mayor Matt Burnett from the Gladstone Regional Council in a press statement. Burke Shire Mayor Ernie Camp added ...