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NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... is part of NAB's push to become Australia's largest business and agricultural lender. By providing lower cost green financing, Australian businesses will be able to grow long-term and enhance their competitiveness. "Business customers recognise the opportunities ...

Coalition's anti-ESG stance sparks investor backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... restricting loans to fossil fuel and forestry companies based on ESG criteria. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank recently denied financing to Tasmanian logging company TP Bennett and Sons. The bank has no direct lending exposure to coal, coal seam gas, crude ...

Quinbrook closes $722m debt financing for batteries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Specialist investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has closed debt financing for what is believed to be the largest battery storage financing in Australia to date. Financing for the Supernode project in Queensland was provided by Bank of ...

Green moves: Amundi, PRI, U Ethical, Barclays, HSBC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... global head of sustainable finance for Standard Chartered Bank. During Barlow's tenure the bank committed to cease direct financing for new fossil fuel projects and developed its first Transition Finance Framework. Meanwhile, Celine Herweijer recently ...

Critical minerals get major boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Minerals Facility, $200 million from Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and up to $115 million in federal export financing. "Arafura's Nolans Project demonstrates the enormous contribution that Australia can make to the global supply of rare ...

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... 2015, Splend's fleet so far totals about 7000 across both markets. The company recently secured $300 million in debt financing from Macquarie and $40 million from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which will be used to add thousands more vehicles. ...

Podcast: Overcoming barriers to financing the First Nations business sector with Jake Berthelot

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
First Nations businesses in Australia face many barriers to accessing financing, including historically exclusionary policies, institutional barriers, and lack of capital. So today, we are tackling the topic of overcoming these barriers. Jake Berthelot ...

New tool tackles climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... companies, and UK/European EV companies and contracted renewables, offer the most opportunity for investors interested in financing a faster rate of net zero transition. Feona Castro, managing partner of 17 Asset Management, said it is a challenge to ...

GFANZ pivots amid climate alliance shake-up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... zero. GFANZ "going forward will allow any financial institution working to mobilise capital and lower the barriers to financing energy transition to participate," GFANZ leadership said in a statement. However, Citi insists its commitment to net zero ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Macquarie Group. Maquarie made notable investments in renewables assets in late 2024, including €420 million of debt financing to Nadara, one of Europe's largest renewable independent power producers. Lisa Annese became CEO of Chief Executive Women ...