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Pollination targets climate tech start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Pollination has launched a new $150 million fund for clean energy and technology start-ups with the Queensland government as a cornerstone investor. QIC-managed Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) committed to invest an undisclosed sum ...

Investors eye energy transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... existing 400-megawatt Saltbush Wind Farm near Deniliquin, NSW. Among its investors are Rest Super, Hostplus, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Sky Renewables. This latest purchase is an expansion to its existing portfolio of over 1.5-gigawatts ...

Holdings fly in face of super duty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... State Super's Balanced default option, formerly named Growth (6.6%). During the same two-year period, investments in clean energy companies decreased - so that for every dollar invested in clean energy, super funds had five dollars in 'Climate Wrecker' ...

Govt moves timetable on power station closure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 30% of world's electricity. Australia's energy mix is less transparent. According to the government's Clean Energy Regulator, renewables now make up 18.48% of Australia's electricity grid. The Clean Energy Council, the peak body for the ...

Podcast: Federal Budget, Climate Week, clean energy and the case for a price on carbon with Tim Buckley

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... commentator on decarbonisation and sustainable finance. Does the 2024-25 Budget pave a greener way for Australia's clean energy future? What does a realistic road to net zero looks like? What are the key takeaways from Sydney's first ever Climate ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Tesla. Some of these stocks should not be considered suitable for sustainable funds, Rowe said. Additionally, the clean energy space saw "particularly poor performance". "This has been a sharp reminder for the sustainable investment community that companies ...

Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The Federal Budget is an "excellent down-payment" on clean energy - but fails on nature and biodiversity, gas, electrification, and ACCUs. Treasurer Jim Chalmers aims to unlock $65 billion in renewables by 2030 through the Capacity Investment Scheme. ...

ASIC consults on guidance for carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Credit Units (ACCUs). "As background, the safeguard mechanism reforms commenced on 1 July 2023 and will allow the Clean Energy Regulator to issue a new type of carbon product- safeguard mechanism credit units (SMCs)-from January 2025. SMCs are a type ...

J.P. Morgan vows $2.5 tn for sustainable development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... carbon neutrality by 2030. In 2023 the firm invested over $200 billion towards green financing initiatives, including clean energy projects and green bonds, as well as $120 bn towards development finance. Fund flows to community development programs ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... of the big four banks' sustainable finance target (SFT) of $385 billion by 2030 - while just 7% flows to financing clean energy and hard-to-abate sectors. There is a green financing shortfall across key sectors including energy, transport and cleantech ...