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Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... offshore oil and gas exploration in 2018. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the deal "proves again that we can grow our economy while we lower emissions" and was "a game changer for the clean tech sector". "I'm absolutely stoked about what this means ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Investors are now becoming more aware of their role in addressing systemic risk by bringing First Nations people into the economy and strengthening economic self-determination. RIAA executive manager Estelle Parker told FS Sustainability a First Nations ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... will be key to ensuring that we, as a nation, grasp the opportunities before us to diversify and transform the Australian economy."

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
A carbon tax where cash proceeds are redirected back into the Australian economy would help Australia achieve its emissions reductions goals, and also provide economic benefits. New research to be published in September's issue of the Journal of Cleaner ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... US$750 billion by 2030. Around US$3.5 trillion of capital investment will be needed every year to build a net-zero global economy by 2050, according to global economic growth and climate change mitigation think tank the Energy Transitions Commission. ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... will mainly affect future generations, as the economic literature asserts, but a potentially existential threat to the economy, on a timescale that could occur within the lifespan of pensioners alive today," Keen commented. "Swift, orderly transition ...

La Trobe Uni issues $175m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... conservation projects and water and wastewater treatments and recycling facilities with the aim of fostering a circular economy. It will also go towards terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity conservation including initiatives at the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... investors say addressing global warming is important, then they too need to step up and do the necessary work to steer our economy down a less-chaotic path. "That means supporting shareholder proposals to send a market signal, voting against directors ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... renewable energy has a negative association with yields and spreads. In Australia, Ryan said that coal has boosted our economy historically leading to the country being disincentivised from moving away from coal. But this might also mean investors will ...

Report sounds alarm on data centre climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... need to look at where they're going and what the trajectory is," said Gordon Noble, ISF's research director, business, economy and governance, and the report author. "You can't afford not to have an interest, and there are considerations from the corporate ...

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Green moves: Aware Super, Minderoo Foundation

ELIZABETH FRY
CareSuper hired an ESG specialist from a rival, while Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation appointed an executive director of effective philanthropy.

Macquarie AM takes over Island Green Power

KARREN VERGARA
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is now the owner of renewable energy developer Island Green Power, scooping up the remaining 50% stake.

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN
Palliser Capital has vowed to continue pressing for governance reform at Rio Tinto after its shareholder resolution calling for an independent review of the miner's dual-listed company structure fell short at the group's annual general meeting.

ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The International Sustainability Standards Board has proposed changes to requirements under IFRS S2 to offer clarity around existing reliefs and provide further relief in relation to specific Greenhouse Gas emissions disclosures.

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