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Macquarie, Westpac invest in social enterprise fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... catalytic funding to help social enterprises access the capital they need to scale their impact. This fund is more than just finance-it's about enabling businesses to create meaningful employment opportunities for those who need them most. We believe ...

US rejects SDGs, Agenda 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He also revoked the Biden administration's US International Climate Finance Plan, a 2021 initiative that mobilised financial resources to assist developing countries to reduce and/or avoid greenhouse ...

Quinbrook, CATL to build battery storage solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has partnered with global firm Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to build a new long-duration battery storage solution backed by superannuation funds. CATL, a listed Chinese battery manufacturer and technology ...

Green moves: Re-Vi, Aware Super, Insignia Financial

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... executive sits on the Greening Australia and Accounting for Nature boards. She is also a member of the government's Nature Finance Council. Kuppalli said she is excited to grow the Re-Vi business. "Re-Vi is developing institutional scale biochar ...

ESG investing to skyrocket in APAC: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... and increasing awareness of environmental sustainability. Governments are implementing ESG-friendly policies and green finance initiatives to encourage responsible investing, the report said. Additionally, a rising middle class and environmentally conscious ...

Team Super finalises leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Team Super has made two appointments to its senior executive team - a chief growth officer and a new finance chief. The new hires come one month after Sara Foreman joined as chief retirement officer from Aware Super. A former Australian Super executive ...

Green moves: PRI, BlackRock, Rewiring Australia, Future Generation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Wainwright is an advisor and subject matter expert on credible transition plans, decarbonisation pathways, and sustainable finance. He's been at Climateworks for four years as program impact manager and then system lead of the sustainable corporates ...

HSBC adds 20 years to net zero ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... evolving customer preferences, and government," the bank said. HSBC has more than US$393.6 billion invested in sustainable finance. Nearly 40% is invested in green financing and 24% is in sustainability-linked products. HSBC set out to facilitate between ...

Nature-related education initiatives scaled up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... documents have been downloaded more than 300,000 times in the last 12 months. "Across sectors and geographies, business and finance leaders increasingly realise that the resilience of their business and investment returns depends, in part, on the resilience ...

Payton Capital welcomes head of credit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... business maintains a strong and disciplined lending approach. Golinelli brings significant experience across banking and finance, having worked both domestically and internationally during his 11 years at ANZ Bank. Most recently, he led the lending services ...