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MLC Life hires from U Ethical

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital Markets Union and the UN Global Compact's ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting under its mandatory climate disclosure regime. The bill establishes a framework to protect financial market infrastructure during crises and includes new mandatory climate reporting requirements for major companies. The rules were supposed ...

Larry Fink letter urges pragmatism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... believes that not only can energy security and decarbonisation not be achieved without greater flows into energy infrastructure - but also continued investment into traditional (oil and gas-based) energy firms. BlackRock has never supported divesting ...

Institutional investors shift gears amid "new market regime"

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... institutional investors, which manage US$18 trillion, was a strong appetite for exposure to energy innovations and infrastructure projects. Over half of global investors (55%) believe that they can significantly influence the energy transition through ...

Kiwi energy broker sparks interest across the pond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Zealand-based gas, power, and carbon markets brokerage firm Aotearoa Energy has attracted the attention of UK market infrastructure firm TP ICAP in a takeover deal. The buyout is for an undisclosed sum. TP ICAP said the acquisition is complementary to ...

Super battle on impact investing and returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... manager Palisade Investment Partners. The investment was made through a total $400 million first close for green infrastructure and business investment arm that invests in waste-to-energy and resource efficiency. The second commitment was to European ...

Canberra funds $111m EV transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will fund electric vehicles and EV infrastructure. Angle Auto Finance and Europcar Mobility Group are the main recipients, snatching up a respective $50 million and $4.76 ...

Firms wrestle with ESG data challenges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... know how to measure climate risk - and have "significant apprehensions and knowledge gaps" about the topic. EDHEC Infrastructure and Private Assets Research Institute found that an overwhelming majority of investors believe climate risk will have a highly ...

Climate group exodus unlikely to hinder climate action: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... of America, and Wells Fargo have exited the Equator Principles, which focuses on minimum climate standards for infrastructure and industrial projects. JP Morgan Asset Management also recently left Climate Action 100+. A spokesperson from Invesco, a fund ...

Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... providing a platform for several emitters that use the same carbon dioxide transportation, storage, or utilisation infrastructure. The framework will be the first global methodology that allows collaborative CCS hubs and shared infrastructure for CCS ...