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Institutional appetite outstrips climate investment opportunities: IGCC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... practices and capital allocation decisions," the report read. The report highlights four factors hindering capital allocation at scale: uncertain tax settings, lengthy approval processes, outdated superannuation benchmark, and a lack of coordinated energy ...

ARENA commits $95m to next-generation solar research

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... work is doing exactly that, helping deliver high performance solar cell and module technologies that will reduce costs at scale," he said. Miller noted the research would underpin ARENA's strategy of making solar the backbone of Australia's net-zero ...

Housing affordability requires more than supply: Study

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... unit prices have little influence on the detached housing market. "The assumption that units can substitute for houses at scale doesn't hold in the data," Lee said. The study also found nearly 80% of housing price spillovers occur between cities rather ...

NZ Super Fund doubles down on sustainability

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... exploring a proposed 1GW offshore wind farm off the coast of Taranaki alongside Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. At full scale, the project could generate almost 10% of New Zealand's current installed electricity capacity. This follows a recent governance ...

Nest mandates IFM Investors for climate credit strategy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... lower-carbon economy. It is designed to support growth-stage industrial and infrastructure-oriented businesses requiring scale-up, having demonstrated a commercial need that have progressed beyond early-stage risk but remain underserved by traditional ...

Super sector to accelerate critical mineral investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... said. Delahunty noted resilient critical minerals supply chains will ultimately depend on the ability to mobilise large-scale, patient capital for long-term projects. "From a superannuation perspective, the conversation needs to be around how capital ...

New Forests launches global natural capital strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... "Historically, many investors have accessed natural capital through regional allocations, but not all institutions have the scale, resources or expertise to build and manage global portfolios themselves," Shelton said. "Building on New Forests' regional ...

Is there an ethical way to play AI?

VINNAY CCHODA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... following semiconductors is the cloud infrastructure layer, where hyperscale providers deliver the computing power required to scale AI. This is where the environmental footprint is most concentrated. As adoption accelerates, this layer is likely to ...

Brookfield partners to launch European renewable energy platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... evaluating potential future acquisitions of additional renewable energy assets in Australia, including onshore wind, utility-scale solar and battery energy storage facilities. Brookfield's Energy Group deputy chief investment officer Ignacio Paz-Ares ...

Mandatory climate disclosures reveal wide divergence in reporting practices

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Australia's first wave of mandatory climate-related financial disclosures has revealed significant differences in how major companies are interpreting the new reporting regime, despite widespread adoption of climate risk analysis, according to new research ...