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Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... policy, which is designed to modernise and decarbonise the energy grid as well as unlock financial and planning barriers to private-sector development of renewable energy infrastructure. "The most important thing for me is the recognition of the need ...

New Forests African forestry fund receives US$200m in investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... restore natural capital while also boosting jobs within rural communities," said BII managing director and head of private equity funds Clarisa De Franco. "Addressing the climate emergency in Africa must include gender-smart actions, and we are thrilled ...

Investment in low-carbon energy infrastructure on the rise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... marketplace with significant competition and the availability of lower-cost capital. Both factors will influence private equity investing, particularly in the overheated renewable and sustainable energy markets, Vinson & Elkins noted.

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... consultancy commissioned by the ALP, predicts a significant multiplier effect with each public dollar spent leveraging $2.13 in private investment, aggregating to a total investment of $76 billion," Barclays noted. "$20 billion of this government investment ...

ESG strong factor in M&A activity: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... PwC. ESG-led value creation is becoming as important as operational or commercial aspects in M&A activity, with private equity teams, infrastructure funds and deal makers incorporating ESG evaluation into due diligence, according to Kushal Chadha, partner ...

Invest in sustainable development for positive return: RadiantESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... not welcome as equity investors," she said. "There is a huge pushback and a huge sense of 'we own this' from the private equity space, but we all need to approach every asset class with an impact mindset. "We might not be able to translate 1:1 the same ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... drive climate action, hopefully with new flavours." These "new flavours" would include blended finance models to catalyse private and public finance. "Last year's COP was about being more open within the UN system around multistakeholder engagement ...

EY calls for "fundamental revisit" of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... questions of corporate sustainability." "The corporate block is the greatest source of environmental impact in the global private sector, and we won't achieve sustainable development without the corporate sector," said EY partner, climate change and ...

Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... assisting refugees, according to a report from ISS ESG. In recognition of World Refugee Week, ISS ESG examined the issue of private finance solutions aimed at ameliorating the conditions of people who are refugees. From 2010 to 2020, the total refugee ...

NGS Super to reduce emissions 35% by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... applied that approach across the entire portfolio, to we could get a sense of what carbon looks like for real estate, private equity, fixed income, infrastructure as well as equities." The scenario analysis was conducted over the listed and unlisted ...