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Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... other risks to Australia's economy in the post-COVID-19 recovery. "All the heavy lifting has been done by the rise of renewables, which is partly a response to policy and partly shifting economics in that sector." Australia has a "de facto" zero emissions ...

Property developer sets more ambitious timeline to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... assets and buildings that are designed well, particularly using Green Star and NABERS tools, plus investing in on-site renewables, which we have a history of using in commercial property" said Amy Hogan, head of sustainability at Stockland. Stockland ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... "Clearly, environmental factors have an impact on cashflows," Hurst said. "On the positive side, we look at the growth in renewables. On the negative side, environmental factors also have negative implications, such as looking at oil and gas projections ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... culture with board members, Baig noted. "If you're an upstream-focused company and you want to pivot to new energy and renewables, you can't do it with the same type of staff, so rebalancing and upskilling of the workforce needs to be part of the strategy," ...

Investors back climate bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... investment to solutions to avoid "catastrophic climate change." "The capital costs of existing tech such as large-scale renewables is plummeting and becoming feasible, and a whole new raft of tech such as green hydrogen and batt technology is enhancing ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to the opportunity of provide the transition. For business, it's got to be good news for producers of cleantech, renewables, the acceleration of electric vehicles, particularly as the market in America is responding to EV automotive production as ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... skewed to the environmental side, but it does filter into the social side as well," Wedin said. "We're building renewables projects and have a battery raw materials project in Germany, so there's a lot of input into the social side. In terms ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change and renewables, governance, and supply chains are the top 2021 priorities for institutional investors, according to a recent survey from Bank of America. "We expected climate to be important because everything is moving in that direction ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... options. From January 2021, Future Super will cut the admin fee on its Future Super Balanced Impact and Future Super Renewables Plus to 0.554% with the flat fee remaining the same. The investment fee for Balanced Impact and Renewables Plus Growth was ...

MUFG Bank structures $333 million green financing deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... track record as Softbank's go-to project financier for projects in India as well as our market leadership in ESG and renewables financing." MUFG's securing of green loan certification for SoftBank represents the first time that a project loan in India ...