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COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... stewardship. The nation joined the US, Canada, Fiji, Norway, and many EU-member states in signing the Glasgow Statement - the UK-led Statement on International Public Support for the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP), at COP28 in Dubai. Notably ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... development, unless you want to take the world back into caves." Carbon credits to phase out coal Announced on Saturday, a US-led Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) jurisdictional carbon crediting mechanism will mobilise up to US$207 billion by 2035 ...

SDG Loan Fund raises $1.1b of investor capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... to spur development in emerging and frontier markets. "Our partnership approach with FMO and the MacArthur Foundation has led to the creation of a compelling example of a concrete, innovative, market-led approach to mobilising that capital at scale ...

Government introduces anti-slavery commissioner legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... modern slavery incidents or risks; and strengthening the administration of the act through legislative reform. The review led by Professor John McMillan recommended that the function of the office of anti-slavery commissioner "is to issue guidelines ...

AustralianSuper rejects latest Brookfield overture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
AustralianSuper has knocked back an offer to maintain an interest in Origin Energy if the Brookfield-led consortium is successful in acquiring the energy giant. "AustralianSuper has rejected an eleventh hour and unsolicited letter received from the ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... allocation model, there's a risk budget attached to it, and a return expectation attached to that. TPI is a global, asset-owner led initiative which tracks companies preparedness for the transition to a low carbon economy through research and data ...

Brookfield ups the ante on Origin by $1.2bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The Brookfield-led consortium has increased its bid for Origin Energy by $1.2 billion, a move that has been knocked back by its largest investor AustralianSuper. Brookfield, in conjunction with consortium partners GIC, Temasek and MidOcean, an LNG company ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... This is because vegetated land is considered to have less worth, despite the ecosystem services nature provides. "This has led to a situation where property developers are incentivised to buy land, clear it and sell it at a much higher price, causing ...

Investors lack clarity, rural solutions lack funding

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... necessary social infrastructure and services to support the community around those industries. Through FRRR's new Community Led Climate Solutions program (CLCS), grants are on offer until the end of November for community-led initiatives. Over the past ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Ahead of the upcoming COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, a member-led initiative of 86 institutional investors with US$9.6 trillion in assets under management reported a fall in total absolute financed greenhouse gas emissions. In its third annual progress ...