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New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Finance programme, New Zealand's largest residential power 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 ...

Australian Ethical crowned most sustainable

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... or leader ratings have demonstrated consistent commitment to sustainability." The three largest index-fund managers, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are restricted with regards to sustainability in part because most of their assets track non-ESG ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... markets provided by IG, the study found the most popular ESG investing products are exchange traded funds provided by Blackrock, Vanguard, and Betashares. Respondents gave three angles on why they considered ESG important from an investment perspective. ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... generation by 2035. The country's energy mix currently consists mainly of hydropower, geothermal power and wind energy. BlackRock's New Zealand Net Zero Fund, which is the first of its kind, will provide New Zealand businesses with access to capital ...

BlackRock raises $500m for Super Battery

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock Alternatives has secured over $500 million from Australian and global institutional and sovereign co-investors to expedite the development of the Waratah Super Battery. The Waratah Super Battery (WSB), believed to be one the largest committed ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... consistently voting against biodiversity proposals at AGMs. Deeper analysis of three of the top five global asset managers - BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA - uncovered that despite public commitments to sustainable investing, their sustainability funds ...

Fink counts the cost of "easy money" in annual letter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock chairman Larry Fink warned that dominos may be starting to fall as global economies count the price of more than a decade of easy money in his annual letter to investors. In a letter where ESG and climate change took a backseat to concerns ...

Twiggy Forrest invests in Ukraine's post-war green future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... the Russians have destroyed can readily be replaced with the latest, most modern green and digital infrastructure." BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby BlackRock ...

BlackRock continues renewable infrastructure investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
BlackRock Real Assets has continued its investment in renewable energy assets by acquiring a New-Zealand-based rooftop solar and battery technology provider. BlackRock Real Assets will acquire solarZero via a scheme of arrangement and will commit more ...

BlackRock in $1bn capital commitment to battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
BlackRock Real Assets will acquire one of Australia's leading battery energy storage systems and renewable energy developers as part of a more than $1 billion capital commitment. One of BlackRock Real Asset's funds will acquire Akaysha Energy ...