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Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... and investor relations Jose Fajardo. Assets in the green bond pool include water infrastructure, renewable energy and low carbon transport, he said. "QTC's green bond pool stands at $16.8 billion," Fajardo said. "We have grown this pool over the last ...

Greg Combet to depart Net Zero Economy Agency for Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... has commenced as part of the establishment of the new authority," a spokesman confirmed. Last year, Combet said at the Carbon Market Institution Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit that business and investors acceptance of the need to decarbonise ...

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... nature-based assets in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia for end markets such as timber, rubber and carbon." "Southeast Asia's share of timber production is expected to rise from 39% in 2013 to 62% of world plantation production ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Suspended in 2017 due to low trading volume and lack of standardisation in carbon audits, the national voluntary offset market featured over 200 methodologies. With the completion of the first offset transaction ...

Senior appointments at ag managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... both Australia and the United States, Impact Ag said. Core initiatives in Australia are centred around the new SLM Agri Carbon Fund, while the US approach is focused on a diversified growth strategy that delivers profitable natural capital outcomes benefitting ...

Ad industry proposes greenwashing code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... regulated entities, and is considering widening its greenwashing focus to include net zero statements, use of terms like "carbon neutral" and the scope and application of investment exclusions and screens. The AANA code is out for public comment until ...

WEF to unlock US$2.8 tr clean energy investment in global majority nations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... responsible leadership and cooperation in addressing climate change. Leaders gathered to discuss a sustainable plan to achieve a carbon-neutral and nature-positive world by 2050 while supplying affordable, secure and inclusive access to energy, food ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... company has raised US$10 million in seed funding to harness clean energy to process iron ore reportedly without producing carbon dioxide emissions. The funds will be used on research and development, engineering, and project development to scale a pilot ...

$200m social housing catalyst for clean energy sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... doing it tough to upgrade their appliances and access cheap renewable energy, this investment will cut power bills and carbon pollution. "Making our homes more energy efficient and powering them with cheap renewable electricity is an important part of ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... companies and 80% of auditors fail to disclose climate-related risks in the financials, according to financial think tank Carbon Tracker.