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Brookfield ups the ante on Origin by $1.2bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The Brookfield-led consortium has increased its bid for Origin Energy by $1.2 billion, a move that has been knocked back by its largest investor AustralianSuper. Brookfield, in conjunction with consortium partners GIC, Temasek and MidOcean, an LNG company ...

Climate change a risk to financial stability: RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Climate change is one of the emerging risks to financial stability "for which there is no historical precedent to guide us," according to a speech by RBA Assistant Governor Brad Jones. In a recent speech addressing the risks Australia is likely to confront ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Despite being voted down by the Australian public, the First Nations Voice to Parliament saw support from the private sector which viewed the federal advisory body as the next step for reconciliation. As the dust settles, experts say finance has an ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Clean energy costs are predicted to decline over coming decades as renewable power dominates the energy mix with increasing investments and decarbonisation driven by electric vehicles. McKinsey's Global Energy Perspective 2023 predicts that renewables ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This is the second in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics Investing in climate mitigation is still a key priority, but investing in adaptation and resilience to the physical damages and disruption of climate change ...

Investment in climate tech plummets 40%: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Global investment in climate tech solutions has fallen 40%, but despite falling in absolute terms, climate tech investments as a proportion of start-up investments continue to rise, with APAC leading on investment in mobility-related start-ups. This ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Frasers Property Group and Scentre Group have ranked among the top real estate firms in the world in the biggest year to date for the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assessment. This year GRESB Real Estate Assessment participation ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Aware Super has augmented its direct investments in the renewable energy sector with a partnership in a distributed renewable energy platform. Aware's direct investment in the Birdwood Distributed Energy Platform will see the fund partner to develop ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... purchase agreement portfolio. In August investment firm Blackrock announced a $2 billion fund to invest in New Zealand clean tech towards 100% renewable electricity generation by 2035. This was BlackRock's second investment in New Zealand's renewable ...

Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
A global cohort of 190 institutional investors representing $23.6 trillion in assets under management have sent letters to 100 companies it will engage on nature and biodiversity loss across eight key sectors. Participants in global investor engagement ...