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Rest invests $1b in Quinbrook green data centres

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Superannuation firm Rest will invest $1 billion in renewable and clean energy infrastructure manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. The commitment will support the energy transition, providing exposure to a range of assets including solar and battery ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... that's a bit of a reflection post-COVID, and also highlighting that as an issue as a consequence of a changing environment. In that context, this points to the need to still consider and focus on adaptation, which is going to be a key theme as well ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... others right around the country should grab it with both hands," Rayner said. She called on Canberra to amend its 1999 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to ban the development of fossil fuel projects.

RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investment products that are certified by RIAA's RI Certification process are from New Zealand, and "the policy environment has kept us incredibly busy over the last few years and there is a great deal of activity that our members want to do even ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... misinformed about the true environmental impact of products and services, they make choices that are harmful to the environment - and at direct odds with their intention in making what they thought was an informed decision," he noted. "In addition, of ...

BlackRock's Evergreen Infrastructure fund scores US$1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock's core infrastructure equity strategy will invest in energy transition and security, as the open-ended fund makes its first investment to acquire a US commercial and industrial solar and battery platform. With nearly US$1 billion in commitments ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The global push for emissions reduction is failing across most sectors, with all but two increasing emissions and widening gaps to targets. Steel has emerged as the most successful performer, with emissions reduced at more than the rate needed to achieve ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... chair of the UN Secretary-General's High-level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments, and former Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change. "Not only are many companies choosing to undermine their own climate commitments by lobbying against ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A Western Australia based hydrogen hub has progressed one step further to becoming operational, with the Albanese government announcing $70 million in support as part of its Regional Hydrogen Hubs program. bp's H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub has reached Front-End ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A major Australian university has locked in a $195 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) with interest rate savings being reinvested into an Indigenous accommodation scholarship fund and other initiatives. La Trobe University has refinanced existing ...