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Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate Energy Finance said that the new authority would align Australian policy with the international context. "The US Inflation Reduction Act represents both a strategic threat and massive strategic opportunity for Australia, as does the broader context ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... gigawatt-hours from wind and utility-scale solar, mostly from wind. Texas, Bratton Hughes says, is poised to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) due to its stance on energy independence. "Texas is sick of being on an exclusion list," she said. ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... are eating into their savings," he said. "That's an ongoing issue." Bangladesh has also experienced high rates of inflation, increasing the strain and causing social unrest, a further risk for companies and investors, Carlsson said. Taking a global ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... that we now have state and federal alignment but also at the global level, it's only going one direction. The US Inflation Reduction Act is a global gamechanger." Buckley explained that Australia does not have the capacity to do a competitive version ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... them and use our unique resources to realise our competitive advantage." In the US alone, since the introduction of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) approximately $40 billion worth of investment in the electric vehicle, battery, and solar manufacturing ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Quinbrook co-founder David Scaysbrook links this investment and future investments to the catalysing impact of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In its 15 years of operation, PurposeEnergy has developed, owned and operated multiple projects that ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... story of exceptional natural hazards, but rather a picture of growing property exposure, accentuated by exceptional inflation," said Swiss Re head of catastrophe peril Martin Bertogg. "While inflation may subside, increasing value concentration in areas ...

New report finds global carbon markets hit new record amid energy crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The energy crisis and broader inflationary pressures of 2022 strengthened policymaker's commitments and accelerated efforts to end fossil fuel dependency, reveals the 2023 International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)'s Emissions Trading Worldwide ...

Fink counts the cost of "easy money" in annual letter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... easy money in his annual letter to investors. In a letter where ESG and climate change took a backseat to concerns over inflation, fears of another incipient global banking crisis and continued geopolitical tensions, Fink said "we don't know yet whether ...

Resource-efficient companies more resilient: Impax AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... term policy commitments, and near term, there's some bumps in the road to navigate, which can be summarised in terms of inflation and higher rates of interest," Simm said. "Companies with pricing power can pass on price risks to customers. "At the same ...