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Budget "misses opportunity" to address sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... pointed out that the fuel excise cut could have been "perhaps better spent" on supporting electric vehicles and EV infrastructure investment as well as public and active transport initiatives. Oliver Wyman head of climate and sustainability platform ...

CEFC reaches $10 billion landmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... renewable energy generation to energy storage and cleantech innovation." CEFC investments span energy, agriculture, infrastructure, property and resources and projects in which CEFC has investment commitments are forecast to avoid estimated lifetime ...

Apostle Funds Management launches people and planet fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... and deforestation. According to AFM, the fund can hold allocations to domestic and global equities, property and infrastructure, growth alternatives, fixed income, defensive alternative, and cash assets. "AFM's People and Planet Diversified Fund ...

ESG drivers rising up M&A strategy agenda: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... confirm as much as possible. "It's not completely foolproof and we are limited by certain geographies due to lack of infrastructure or access, but investment committees are definitely asking about that."

Divestment from sanctioned Russian companies a matter of governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... "NAB is assisting clients to divest assets in circumstances where it is legally permissible, within the market infrastructure constraints that exist," NAB Asset Servicing said. "Sanctions and US Executive Order protocols typically allow for existing ...

Carbon capture - real deal or "Hail Mary pass" technology?

JANE BASEBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... and challenges of this still nascent technology. And, of course, we provide our view on what this all means for infrastructure investors. The physical assets of carbon capture look like infrastructure - pipelines, storage and industrial facilities - ...

Scoping future winners from the green hydrogen transition: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... storage option beyond batteries, which can only provide energy for 12-14 hours," said Ausbil head of global listed infrastructure Tim Humphreys. "Green hydrogen is a real opportunity to reduce emissions and create that long-term storage of energy that ...

NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... improvements rather than to reduce net funding costs, Reliance Rail said. The SPTs align to four metrics, with an Infrastructure Sustainability Council ('ISC') Operations Rating score as the cornerstone target. ISC is Australia's leading infrastructure ...

Banksia Foundation announces awards finalists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... finalists also include a government initiative which uses recycled glass, asphalt and brick to build major road infrastructure and a company harnessing the power of drone technology to pioneer autonomous environmental monitoring. FS Sustainability is ...

Australian Unity hires ESG property specialist

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Architecture from Mumbai University. Australian Unity is one of Australia's leading commercial, healthcare and social infrastructure developers, with more than $4.25 billion in assets under management and a significant development pipeline that includes ...