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ARENA reshuffles board with four senior appointments

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has unveiled a refreshed board, appointing Marianna O'Gorman as chair and Elizabeth O'Leary as deputy chair in the first all-female leadership team in the agency's history. The appointments ...

Quinbrook fund oversubscribed amid energy-transition asset demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners closed its Renewables Impact Fund (QRIF II), beating its target that was oversubscribed by £87 million ($168m). QRIF II secured a total of £587 million ($843m) in investor commitments, beating its £500 million ($718m) ...

CEFC, Aviva Investors partner to afforest Tasmanian wetlands

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with Aviva Investors and Gresham House to invest $142 million in sustainable forestry plantations in Tasmania. The new Tasmania Natural Asset Trust (TNAT) is an afforestation and natural capital ...

Clean energy investment landscape 'deteriorated': Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Although Australia remains an attractive destination for renewable investments, new research indicates investors are losing confidence. According to Clean Energy Investor Group's (CEIG) Clean Energy Investor Outlook report for 2026, support among surveyed ...

Government pushes for First Nations ownership in renewable projects

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is adopting a pilot initiative to help First Nations communities benefit from Australia's clean energy future. Under the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), a new pilot will ...

EU to ease sustainability reporting burden on firms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... cannot require companies in their value chains to provide more information than what is covered by the voluntary standard." The act revising the standard will now be transmitted to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU for scrutiny. The commission ...

Palisade marks first European acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Palisade Real Assets and APG Asset Management have completed the acquisition of Lemvig Biogas in Denmark, marking BioticNRG's first investment outside the UK. Lemvig Biogas is Denmark's largest thermophilic biogas facility, and the facility ...

Future Generation returns top 20%

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Future Generation Australia has increased its fully franked interim dividend after it delivered a 20.1% total shareholder return over the past year. The company lifted its interim dividend to 3.8 cents per share, fully franked, taking the annualised ...

Northcape adopts tier-based ESG investment framework for Warakirri funds

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Northcape Capital has introduced a tier-based ESG classification framework for the Warakirri Ethical Australian Equities Fund and the Warakirri Concentrated Australian Equities Funds. While Warakirri is the responsible entity for these funds, Northcape ...

Super funds join calls for better methane emissions disclosures

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Institutional investors representing over $14 trillion (US$9.85tn) in assets under management have come together to signify the importance in methane emission disclosure among metallurgical coal and steel providers. Providing a letter to the United ...