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BlackRock backs world's largest direct air capture plant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... removes large volumes of COâ‚‚ directly from the atmosphere, which is then stored in geologic formations deep underground. BlackRock signed a definitive agreement through a fund managed by its Diversified Infrastructure business to form a joint venture ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Finance programme, New Zealand's largest residential power purchase agreement portfolio. In August investment firm Blackrock announced a $2 billion fund to invest in New Zealand clean tech towards 100% renewable electricity generation by 2035. This ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... diverse and sustainable portfolio that aligns with the climate action objectives of investors. The ETF is managed by BlackRock, and has received anchor support from Prudential, one of the largest asset owners in Asia and a member of the Net Zero Asset ...

Australian Ethical crowned most sustainable

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... or leader ratings have demonstrated consistent commitment to sustainability." The three largest index-fund managers, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are restricted with regards to sustainability in part because most of their assets track non-ESG ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... markets provided by IG, the study found the most popular ESG investing products are exchange traded funds provided by Blackrock, Vanguard, and Betashares. Respondents gave three angles on why they considered ESG important from an investment perspective. ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... generation by 2035. The country's energy mix currently consists mainly of hydropower, geothermal power and wind energy. BlackRock's New Zealand Net Zero Fund, which is the first of its kind, will provide New Zealand businesses with access to capital ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... commented. US asset managers are behind their European counterparts, reversing the upwards trend up until 2022, with BlackRock and Vanguard among the worst scores. This comes as the US Republican party recently put forward an anti-ESG manifesto seeking ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... America's dominance in ESG fundraising and impact investing respectively, the term has been a point of contention with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in June calling the acronym "totally weaponised". "The chatter we've seen around anti-ESG in the US ...

BlackRock raises $500m for Super Battery

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock Alternatives has secured over $500 million from Australian and global institutional and sovereign co-investors to expedite the development of the Waratah Super Battery. The Waratah Super Battery (WSB), believed to be one the largest committed ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... consistently voting against biodiversity proposals at AGMs. Deeper analysis of three of the top five global asset managers - BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA - uncovered that despite public commitments to sustainable investing, their sustainability funds ...