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Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... available to the winning team as part of a global competition. ANZ start-ups funded so far include: XFrame: A modular construction system Office of Planetary Observations: Urban greening and extreme weather exposure data map DiaperRecycle: A start-up ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical has backed the Infradebt Ethical Fund and the Infradebt Energy Transition fund. The funds offer both construction finance on greenfield projects and term finance on operating projects. Infradebt CEO Alexander Austin confirmed that ...

BlackRock backs world's largest direct air capture plant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... customers, including Amazon, Airbus, All Nippon Airways (ANA), TD Bank Group, the Houston Astros, and the Houston Texans. Construction is currently one-third complete, and the facility is expected to be commercially operational in mid-2025. Larry Fink ...

Deutsche Bank finances Taiwan's largest offshore wind farm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... subsidiary of Petronas, will acquire a 29.4% indirect equity interest in Hai Long. Northland will own 30.6% and lead construction and operation. It is Northland's first offshore wind project in Asia, and the fifth in its global portfolio. The power producer ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Construction materials company Boral is in investors' spotlight after walking back its 2025 interim net zero commitment on the way to decarbonizing by 2050. Investors participating in the Climate Action 100+ engagement with Boral, a list participant ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Cockayne said. FLORET estimates that sectors with higher risk include mining, oil and gas extraction, manufacturing and construction. "In some ways this is not surprising," Cockayne said. "Modern slavery risks tend to be higher in sectors that rely more ...

CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... projects in New South Wales through the Rewiring the Nation Fund (RTN). The investment allocation will support the construction of renewable generation, long duration storage and grid infrastructure as part of the NSW Infrastructure Roadmap. The roadmap ...

Grim stats for company, investor net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... result, investors may want to consider a "glide path" strategy to decarbonise their portfolios, Picone said. "What the construction process can do is trade out those companies that aren't decarbonising and trade in the companies that are decarbonising ...

Public-private partnership to tackle VIC housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Victoria has proposed a public-private partnership approach to encourage investment and accelerate the construction of high-quality affordable homes in the hope that supply will bring down skyrocketing housing prices. A target of 800,000 homes over ...

Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... and affordable rental housing," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The government has committed to seeing the construction of 30,000 new social and affordable rental homes in the fund's first five years. It also opens new opportunities for private ...