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Clean Energy Finance Corporation turns 10

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... transactions in the last financial year, including investment of $455 million in essential grid and transmission infrastructure projects, including the Queensland Powerlink project and the EnergyConnect development in New South Wales, Victoria and South ...

BlackRock in $1bn capital commitment to battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Electricity Market (NEM) in Australia. This is the first battery storage investment made by BlackRock's Climate Infrastructure business (part of BlackRock Real Assets) in the Asia-Pacific region. It complements existing investments in Australia and ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... energy grid as well as unlock financial and planning barriers to private-sector development of renewable energy infrastructure." Barclays noted that the government also added an additional $3 billion to the National Reconstruction Fund to support new-energy ...

Singapore to issue inaugural sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Singapore will issue its first sovereign green bond - the Green Singapore Government Securities (Infrastructure). The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that the green bond will shortly be launched via a syndicated book-building process ...

ESG strong factor in M&A activity: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... creation is becoming as important as operational or commercial aspects in M&A activity, with private equity teams, infrastructure funds and deal makers incorporating ESG evaluation into due diligence, according to Kushal Chadha, partner at PwC Deals ...

State of the Environment report a wake up call for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... is resourcing and partnerships," he said. " Not surprisingly, in Australia, we have quite strong environmental infrastructure and environmental conservation infrastructure. We have some very large environmental conservation not for profits and some smaller ...

ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Maple-Brown Abbott said that linking executive remuneration to material ESG outcomes can avoid greenwashing in infrastructure companies. Maple-Brown Abbott has engaged with companies in the Global Listed Infrastructure fund and used its proxy votes as ...

Pause to YFYS rollout as government announces review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... the YFYS laws have the potential to create such outcomes by discouraging certain investment decisions or certain infrastructure investments," Jones said in an announcement. "Treasury will be tasked in its review to examine and consider the operation ...

Avoid greenwash by linking exec pay to ESG: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Linking executive remuneration to material ESG outcomes can avoid greenwashing in infrastructure companies, according to Maple-Brown Abbott. Maple-Brown Abbott has engaged with companies in the Global Listed Infrastructure fund and used its proxy votes ...

Igneo reports on ESG progress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Infrastructure manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners has reported on its progress towards environmental and social indicators in its 2021 ESG report. Igneo is First Sentier Investors' direct infrastructure business. In March, it became a standalone ...