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Australian Retirement Trust takes stake in Pattern Energy Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... have realised remarkable achievements and created long lasting value for renewable power customers, local stakeholders, financing partners, and our shareholders through Pattern's several evolutions," Tsveig said.

Podcast: Illuminating the dark underbelly of gold mining with Terry Heymann

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... glitters is not gold. 30-35% of ASGM miners are children, and the sector is riddled with black market criminality - financing terrorism, war, and organised crime. Today we take a closer look at human rights and ESG in the value chain, and the important ...

Aus govt calls VCs and private equity to back circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... recycling, materials innovation, and the share economy. Investors can help mitigate transition risks through flexible financing and public-private partnerships. For instance, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed €16 billion to circular ...

Climate changes how investors get paid

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... immediate actions must be taken to manage risks and slow global warming. "In response, firms alter their investment and financing policies. This study adds to the growing literature showing how firms change their payout policies with detailed international ...

QIC Real Estate secures $3.75bn SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... converted more than a quarter of its portfolio into Sustainability-Linked Loans (SSL), taking its total sustainable financing to 73.4% of Australian property debt facilities. The funds are QIC Property Fund (QPF) at $2.8bn, and QIC Town Centre Fund (QTCF) ...

Podcast: Everything you missed at COP29 climate conference with Richie Merzian

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate Change, ran from November 11-22 in Azerbaijan. The main decision was how to pay for poorer nations' climate financing - decarbonisation, adaptation, and resilience to climate impacts - which are hitting them hardest despite contributing the ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... for Climate Impact Research (PIK). It is now critical for the private and non-governmental sector to step up climate financing for the Global South in the absence of government commitments, said PIK climate economist Ottmar Edenhofer. "Global emissions ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... prompts BlackRock to fulfill its obligations under international frameworks," said Madan. It alleges the asset manager is financing deforestation, biodiversity loss, land grabs, human rights harm, and breaches of Indigenous Peoples' rights. "BlackRock ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Developing countries are asking for more climate financing and wealthy nations debating how to pay for it. The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) runs from 11-22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. So far, COP29 chief executive Elnur Soltanov ...

Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... really is a showcase of how using all these different inputs - technology providers, export credit agencies and the financing component - could bring forward meaningful investments in the energy transition." The concern from the conference delegates ...