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Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... and investors need more certainty," Parker said. "We hope that the Australian government's forthcoming Sustainable Finance Strategy will provide some much needed certainty by articulating an integrated, coordinated approach to ensuring communities ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... US$75 million syndicated sustainability-linked loan earlier this year. The property company established its Sustainable Finance Framework in 2020, designed to support sustainability-linked bonds and loans. Scentre Group was awarded Global Sector Leader ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... role to play in advocating for those policy settings. ""I think the markets are ready. I know industry is ready, I know finance is ready," Boele said. "The thing slowing us down in Australia is the political will is still not quite there. "It's challenging ...

CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $100 million to deliver clean energy projects in New South Wales through the Rewiring the Nation Fund (RTN). The investment allocation will support the construction of renewable generation, long ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... already purchased two operating solar farms which it is enhancing with BESS, invested in a commercial renewable asset finance business and has a further 10 grid solar and battery projects it is getting ready to construct. "Distributed energy is difficult ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Climate finance by multilateral development banks (MDBs) for low-income and middle-income economies hit a new high of US$60.7 billion in 2022, up 46% from 2019, a new joint report has found. The spend included US$38 billion (63%) on climate change mitigation ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... businesses and to small local distribution companies. In September, the country's green investment bank Green Investment Finance attracted First Sentier Investors and Natixis Investment Managers in a $170 million capital raise for its Climate Bonds Initiative-certified ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... with market players suggests green capital availability isn't the real challenge in the short to medium term," said Arup finance and economics Australasia lead Gaurav Ahuja. "The creation of credible, green, and sustainable projects is what's needed ...

Student accommodation provider inks billion-dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability-linked loan linked to a number of ESG targets. The deal will see Scape save up to 5 basis points against the finance, provided the sustainability outcomes can be met across all of Scape's 27 assets in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. ...

Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk and Sustainability, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and Planet Tracker. BNP Paribas Asset Management head of stewardship Adam Kanzer said: "We are ...