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CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $100 million to deliver clean energy projects in New South Wales through the Rewiring the Nation Fund (RTN). The investment allocation will support the construction of renewable generation, long ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... already purchased two operating solar farms which it is enhancing with BESS, invested in a commercial renewable asset finance business and has a further 10 grid solar and battery projects it is getting ready to construct. "Distributed energy is difficult ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Climate finance by multilateral development banks (MDBs) for low-income and middle-income economies hit a new high of US$60.7 billion in 2022, up 46% from 2019, a new joint report has found. The spend included US$38 billion (63%) on climate change mitigation ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... businesses and to small local distribution companies. In September, the country's green investment bank Green Investment Finance attracted First Sentier Investors and Natixis Investment Managers in a $170 million capital raise for its Climate Bonds Initiative-certified ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... with market players suggests green capital availability isn't the real challenge in the short to medium term," said Arup finance and economics Australasia lead Gaurav Ahuja. "The creation of credible, green, and sustainable projects is what's needed ...

Student accommodation provider inks billion-dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability-linked loan linked to a number of ESG targets. The deal will see Scape save up to 5 basis points against the finance, provided the sustainability outcomes can be met across all of Scape's 27 assets in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. ...

Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk and Sustainability, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and Planet Tracker. BNP Paribas Asset Management head of stewardship Adam Kanzer said: "We are ...

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... of Large Companies (AFEP) which campaigned for the amendment to be withdrawn. Antoine Laurent, advocacy lead at Reclaim Finance, said the move was ostensibly to combat greenwashing. The research NGO said that a lack of framework could lead to greenwashing ...

UK transition plan taskforce releases final disclosure framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... global sustainability standards and aligns with IFRS S2, as well as the transition plan guidance developed by the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). "As the extreme weather witnessed around the world has shown, climate change is increasingly ...

New EU rules at the border and beyond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... commented: "Businesses want to make the green transition. And the European Green Bond gives them the best tool yet to help them finance this shift. It provides a transparent and trustworthy tool to drive a company's transition plan. "Investors are ...