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Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... governments to invest in resilience against natural disasters. ICA CEO Andrew Hall commented that the 2022 floods in Queensland and NSW caused nearly $6 billion in insured damages. "It was the biggest insurance event in Australia's history, and, according ...

ANZ augments sustainable finance team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... a new Brisbane-based role of executive director, sustainable finance, giving the team an on-the-ground presence in Queensland for the first time. Chaudron brings 20 years of experience, most recently at Rabobank in Singapore where he was head of capital ...

Climate transition not one-size-fits-all

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... strong domestic market connections that could provide a good base for transition, while LGAs in the Pilbara and Central Queensland likely require extensive planning and infrastructure investment due to their highly-concentrated economies and fewer connections ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... be chaired by Combet. The members appointed to the Advisory board include professor emeritus Ross Garnaut, Powerlink Queensland chief executive Paul Simshauser, Australian Energy Regulator chief executive Anthea Harris, Infrastructure WA chair Nicole ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... 2022. The start of 2022 saw significant local and international events, including the catastrophic floods in NSW and Queensland, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rising global inflation, and a corresponding rise in interest rates and cost of living. Notably ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... able to capitalise on the opportunities of the energy transition." Professor John Quiggin, economist at University of Queensland said: "A transition out of thermal coal is going to occur, because the world is moving to other sources of energy - our choice ...

CEFC invests $75m in Queensland recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian Recycling Investment Fund to develop a flagship construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility in Queensland. The $75 million CEFC investment is the single largest to be made via its $100 million Australian Recycling Investment Fund. ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... developer Greenleaf Renewables to develop, build, own and operate the proposed Moonlight Range Wind Farm in central Queensland. The companies have also formed a strategic partnership to work together on developing future renewable projects along Australia's ...

ESG goes mainstream: How the role has changed and what lies ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... director of sustainability and ESG Mel Cutler and Andrew Sellick, principal sustainability - global infrastructure at the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) - a Queensland Government-owned investment company. According to Cutler, the sustainability ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Americas. Data from the Insurance Council of Australia indicates that the 2022 storms and floods that impacted South-East Queensland and coastal New South Wales were Australia's costliest flood events on record. The event is estimated to have cost $3.35 ...