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Government's Climate Active certification challenged over possible greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Institute notes that the Climate Active scheme has certified Australian businesses including AGL, AGL, Energy Australia, Origin Energy, Ampol and Telstra. "However, polling by the Australia Institute published today shows that while 85% of Australians ...

IFM Investors commits to US biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
IFM Investors is acquiring a majority stake in a US-based biogas developer, owner and operator. The purchase of GreenGasUSA is part of IFM Investor's IFM Net Zero Infrastructure Fund (IFM NZIF). It is the first investment into the low-carbon fuels sector ...

Bloom raises $525,000 in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... having secured $675,000 in a pre-seed raise in late 2021, with the pre-seed raise led by EnergyLab, which is sponsored by Origin Energy, the University of Technology, Jobs for NSW and Climate-KIC. The Ta'eeds also supported the pre-seed raise. Bloom's ...

IML launches Sustainable Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Value fund manager IML has launched an active ESG focused fund investing in Australian equities. The IML Sustainable Future Fund has been seeded by Natixis Investment Managers. IML integrates ESG as 25% of their quality scoring framework, and the Sustainable ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... the [Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures] TNFD. Mirova was one of the companies that was there in at the origin, with the WWF, AXA, Global Canopy and the UK and French governments." Mirova's roadmap on nature and biodiversity focuses ...

Carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The carve out from the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test for faith-based funds has been axed by the government, despite it being an election policy. In December 2021, the government said it would adjust the performance test to account ...

Experts weigh net zero risks, opportunities of Origin Energy bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... this year to approve a proposal to privitise an electricity provider, as Brookfield and MidOcean Energy bid to take over Origin Energy. Brookfield and MidOcean, an LNG company formed and managed by EIG, have proposed to buy Origin energy at $9/share. ...

Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Demand for cobalt - a key mineral in electric vehicle and battery production - is expected to skyrocket, and increasing sourcing from countries like Australia could help diversify away from labour and safety risks present in other countries, according ...

HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
HESTA has placed AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside on a watchlist over concerns that their stated climate strategies do not meet the transition pathway to containing global warming at 1.5˚C. The $68 billion super fund has also lifted its 2030 emissions ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation turns 10

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's "green bank" has marked its first decade with lifetime investment commitments of $10.76 billion. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has catalysed a total $37.15 billion in investment over the decade in conjunction with institutional ...