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Brookfield reaches first close on second transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... emerging, such as supplying reliable, clean power to the surging data and technology sector, building entirely new industrial supply chains, and scaling technologies required for industrial decarbonization. The strong first close for the latest Brookfield ...

ASX companies boosting ESG staff, oversight: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... driver of profit, with more small cap companies identifying positive impact than large cap companies, and financial and industrial companies that responded to the survey finding ESG significant to profit. "It could be down to the fact that small caps ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... stated it plans to align its portfolio with the Paris Agreement to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. FS Sustainability reached out for comment as to whether the firm has abandoned the Paris goal of 1.5°C, but did ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... The UN warns that, if current trends persist, we are staring down the barrel of 2.5°C-2.9°C of warming above pre-industrial levels this century, necessitating a steep 42% reduction in emissions in the next six years to curb the rise to the agreed 1.5°C ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Global Cooling Pledge. Australia did not join the 22 countries called for tripled nuclear energy capacity by 2050. A new Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA) was launched to accelerate decarbonisation in heavy emitting sectors and transport globally ...

BlackRock's Evergreen Infrastructure fund scores US$1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... in energy transition and security, as the open-ended fund makes its first investment to acquire a US commercial and industrial solar and battery platform. With nearly US$1 billion in commitments from European founding partners, Italy's largest bank Intesa ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... production t commence in 2025. It is estimated that the hub could produce over 14,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year for industrial use and heavy transport. This is equivalent to fuelling around 750 vehicles a year in Australia's heavy vehicle fleet ...

Macquarie opens clean energy arm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... important time for renewable energy markets in the region, in the context of increasing demand from commercial and industrial off-takers. "The energy transition in Australia requires an acceleration in the deployment of new renewable generation. Macquarie ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... as much placed on physical risk exposure, which can be a blind spot," Waterford said. "The LEAP framework brings an industrial logic to breaking down what might be a known unknown, and a director's obligation potentially stretches to known unknowns." ...

Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... The unit harnesses silicon's extremely high latent heat capacity, powered by intermittent renewables, for large industrial applications without generating carbon emissions. The energy storage company has now received a total of $4.95 million in grant ...