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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The takeover bid for AGL by Mike Cannon-Brookes's Grok Ventures and Brookfield Asset Management is not likely to be the only proposed deal that seeks to take emissions intensive infrastructure and utility assets from listed markets into private ownership ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... AGM season in full swing, climate-related resolutions are receiving keen attention by shareholders and stakeholders. At the AGL AGM earlier in September, 55% of shareholders supported a resolution backed by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility ...

Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... will be there forever to provide abatement." Greenpeace identified a selection of 12 companies that use carbon offsetting: AGL Energy, ANZ, Dexus, Felix (TPG Telecom), GPT, Lendlease, Lion, NAB, NEXTDC, Qantas, Telstra and Westpac. Greenpeace is engaging ...

Investor consortium completes Tilt Renewables deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
A group of investors including QIC, the Future Fund, and AGL have completed the acquisition of Tilt Renewables. The Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR) consortium, which is led by QIC in conjunction with co-investors including Aware Super, Hostplus ...

Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Shareholder activist group Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has filed a shareholder resolution with AGL Energy requesting targets that are aligned with the Paris Agreement for both of the proposed demerged companies. The resolution ...

Elliott Green Power announce two hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... as well as for Macquarie Group and UBS. EGP has also hired Richard Armstrong as senior asset manager. He comes to EGP from AGL energy, where he spent the past four years and brings asset management expertise and experience in renewable energy investments. ...

Using climate scenarios to assess company risks, return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... fuel-based utilities. Copper and lithium miners do much better than coal miners," she said. "If we look at the ASX200 index, AGL is one of the companies that performs the worst under our central climate change scenario due to its thermal coal fired generation," ...

Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... ambitious emissions reductions within the next decade. There are 14 Australian companies in the Climate Action 100+ list - Adbri, AGL Energy, BHP, Bluescope Steel, Boral, Incitec Pivot, Oil Search, Orica, Origin Energy, Qantas Airways, Santos, South34 ...

Green loans to finance light rail, battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... energy transition in Australia, BNP Paribas noted. Vena Energy's Wandoan South BESS has an offtake agreement in place with AGL Energy, and it is one of the largest utility scale battery projects currently being developed in Australia and the largest ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... company constitution". In the past 12 months, remuneration reports that Dimensional voted against included AMP, AP Eagers, AGL, Sigma Health, Sonic Healthcare. Dimensional voted against the election of one or more directors at AGMs for AP Eagers, Brickworks ...