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What's exciting about water infrastructure?

TIM HUMPHREYS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
With drought forecast for the next few years, there is a lot to get excited about water supply. Water utilities are not well understood, yet they can make a compelling addition to a diversified essential infrastructure portfolio. A quality water utility ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... and UPM. Collectively these companies manage almost 9 million hectares of forests in 27 countries - Australia, New Zealand, USA, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Ireland, UK, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Indonesia ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
APAC and Japan data centre specialist AirTrunk has more than doubled the financing of an existing sustianbility linked loan, going from $2.1 billion to $4.6 billion. The transaction will refinance existing debt facilities and support the company's "rapid ...

ANZ augments sustainable finance team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... new appointments will help build ANZ's capacity and expertise in our home markets and offshore, particularly in the UK and USA, as customer and investor demand for sustainable finance continues to grow," said head of sustainable finance, Katharine Tapley. ...

Just 5% of global emissions covered by corporate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... -degrees, and found a predicted 2050 emissions reduction gap would be equivalent to current emissions produced by China and USA. The tool is designed to help investors understand and make decisions about investments in different sectors, indices and ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
A range of public and private sector entities have weighed in on the government's proposed Nature Repair Bill, expressing support and reservations over how a legislative framework for market-led biodiversity recovery would attract capital. The Senate ...

CBA invests in native seed merchant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank has invested in a native seed merchant as part of its strategy to develop carbon sequestration and biodiversity restoration projects. CBA has taken on a minority equity stake in Nindethana Seed Service Pty Ltd (Nindethana). The deal ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... "Australia can't and should not attempt to match the scale of clean subsidies emerging globally. The nation can't outspend the USA and others but we can outsmart them and use our unique resources to realise our competitive advantage." In the US alone ...

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's future taxonomy defining sustainable financial activity should adopt a traffic-light colour coded framework to allow financial products to be distinguished based on their alignment to sustainable activities. That is one of the recommendations ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Four Australian companies are amongst the top 50 listed corporate carbon emitters for the entire Asian region, according to research from Barclays. AGL, Origin, Rio Tinto and South 32 appear on the list, which surveyed how 50 Asian listed companies ...