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Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Renewable energy investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has made its first foray into biofuels through a US investment. Quinbrook has acquired PurposeEnergy, an established US-based renewable fuels and biogas specialist that focuses on using waste ...

CEFC invests $80m in private equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed up to $80 million in a private equity fund that will invest in a range of mid-market companies while driving decarbonisation at the same time. CEFC will invest in Crescent Capital Partners' seventh ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
This week, Maple-Brown Abbott launched a repositioned sustainability fund, Brookfield made its first Australian renewables investment and Cultiv8 made three investments. Maple-Brown Abbott launched the Maple-Brown Abbott Australian Sustainable Future ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has recruited its new head of certification from the B Corp movement. Shalini Samuel joins RIAA as head of certification. She comes to the industry body from B Lab AANZ, where she was director ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
What do sail-boat cargo ships, robots that can clean and repair boat hulls underwater, and floating photovoltaics with seaweed dangling underneath have in common? They represent just some of the many projects that could form a portfolio approach to ...

CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is doubling its investment in the Artesian Green and Sustainable Bond fund. CEFC has increased its allocation from $25 million to $50 million. As part of the investment, Artesian is developing a new investor ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... and spoke with FS Sustainability on her observations, which centre around the three main themes. "On a go-forward basis, capital allocation models and frameworks are moving from a world with traditional two dimensions of risk and returns to incorporating ...

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 ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released the final draft framework, Version 0.4, which will help companies navigate their nature-related risk. The new TNFD draft framework is the fourth and final draft of all core elements ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... progress in the region. Barclays says that through the cohort, "there is clearly room for improvement on target refinement, capital alignment, executive pay linkage and clarity of carbon strategy. Our screening suggests those in the energy, steel and ...