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Missouri pulls BlackRock mandate in anti-ESG move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... euphemistic banners of environmental, social, and corporate governance and diversity, inclusion, and equity. Also in August, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar banned local and state government entities doing business with firms that "boycott" fossil fuels ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... there is no doubt that we will see an acceleration of renewable energy, and when you look at the power outages we've had in Texas, that has encouraged the regulators to look at higher returns on more stable forms of energy, and you look at what [US President ...

Opinion: Mind the gap: Investors continue to stall on climate action, despite sentiment confirming its risks

DAVID KLAUSNER  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... risk. Whether assessing the damage from Germany's devastating flooding, the crippling effects to infrastructure from the Texas deep freeze, or the long-term ecological impacts of Australia's Black Summer wildfires, climate change is already transforming ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... debated the role of gas as a transition fuel with an executive vice president of Shell Australia and the state geologist of Texas at the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference. Shell Australia executive vice president ...

Super fund backs microgrid battery storage development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... fund has made an investment in a microgrid battery storage development to capture renewable energy in New York City and Texas. Aware Super has invested US$30 million in SER Capital Partners' New York City microgrid projects, to repurpose under-utilised ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... problem and a growing commitment to addressing it. Unfortunately, it has taken some extreme events, like Hurricane Harvey in Texas or drought in parts of Australia, to bring the issues to the forefront of public discourse. The media has played an important ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... of impact and screening research for MSCI ESG Research. "Each one has issues around immigration detention facilities in Texas with numerous complaints of sexual exploitation, extended incarceration without due process, hunger strikes, lack of access ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Immigration and Customs Enforcement department to build a $110 million, 1,000 bed immigration detention centre in Conroe, Texas, according to this article. "One thing to keep in mind is that they are currently building a new immigration detention centre ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... have all set 100% renewable energy targets, while Vanuouver has set a 93% target, Canberra has set a 90% target, Austin, Texas has set a 55%, Adelaide has set a 50% target, Los Angeles has set a 33% target and Sydney has set a 30% target. "From our point ...

AMP Capital invests in North American wind farm portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... growth of the wind energy project portfolios. Capistrano Wind Partners currently owns five operating projects in Nebraska, Texas and Wyoming. The projects equate to 413 megawatts (MW) of operating capacity. "We are pleased to invest in Capistrano Wind ...
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