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EV boom fuels lithium surge, but risks are significant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... thereby wielding substantial influence over the global supply chain. "Lithium is a critical mineral for the clean energy transition, but its production is highly concentrated in a few countries - Chile, Australia, Argentina, and China - creating major ...

Green moves: PRI, BlackRock, Rewiring Australia, Future Generation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Tom Wainwright is leaving Climateworks Centre to join the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). He will lead the Australian program of PRI's Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change initiative. Wainwright is an advisor and subject ...

Banks' culture, conduct has government committee 'deeply concerned'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... customer expectations on this front while also supporting Australia's economic development as part of an orderly energy transition; emissions reduction is important but so is energy security. The committee's report acknowledged the efforts by banks to ...

Government creates $1bn green iron fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... full-time jobs. Up to $500 million of the fund is earmarked for Whyalla steelworks, supporting local jobs and the energy transition. The other $500 million will be made available to applicants around Australia, both for existing iron ore projects and ...

Super moves: Aware Super, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... experience in origination and asset management across a broad range of asset classes, especially in the renewable and energy transition sector, our team has even greater depth and expertise to capture opportunities from the energy transition opportunity ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... economic inclusion, enabling productivity across the economy to continue and be resilient. High cost of the energy transition The transition to renewable energy is another key challenge for Australia's economic outlook, according to Brian Redican, chief ...

Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... successful two-decade career as a practising lawyer at Johnson Winter & Slattery. The new course covers the energy transition, modern slavery, and corporate responses to social and environmental challenges. With a rise in greenwashing litigation, the ...

Green moves: HSBC, ACSI, Minderoo, The Superpower Institute, QLD Office of Social Impact, Terrain NRM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... In October, she announced that she would retire from politics and dedicate the rest of her career towards the energy transition and a sustainable future. Sims said Shaw's background demonstrates "her passion and commitment to the energy transition and ...

HMC Capital bolsters insto team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... gains and performance fees. Over the past 12 months, HMC established three new platforms in private credit, energy transition and digital infrastructure.

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... and mobile communications were "the two big tectonic investment plates" that emerged this century, AI and the energy transition are likely to be the two that will define the coming decade. "When you invest in PE, enterprises that are later in their life ...