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Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... target companies' progress on stated goals. The new benchmark has introduced new sub-indicators around transition plans, capital allocation and also measuring progress against those goals. "Tools like the benchmark are incredibly helpful, because what ...

Pact Group sells stake in crate pooling business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... to Morrison & Co. "We have created a joint venture out of this, and will help to accelerate the growth and put higher capital in, as we are putting in more cleaning facilities in Australia," said Pact Group CEO and managing director Sanjay Dayal. "That's ...

Blackstone closes record energy transition fund at $7.1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... "The energy transition is impacting large sectors of the economy and is resulting in a growing need for efficient private capital," said Robert Horn, global head of Blackstone Credit's Sustainable Resources Group. "We believe our experience and scale ...

ASX200 skirts Scope 3 disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... for all their emissions - Scopes 1, 2 and 3. Additionally, 41 companies disclosed using a carbon price in investment and capital decision-making - an increase of 41% from last year. "Net zero targets don't mean much without the detail of how companies ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... project is designed to provide a common standard for green and transition finance, helping accelerate the allocation of capital towards sustainable activities to achieve Australia's net-zero ambitions. ASFI is undertaking the initial taxonomy development ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... BlackRock's New Zealand Net Zero Fund, which is the first of its kind, will provide New Zealand businesses with access to capital for decarbonisation and boost skilled job creation, funding green energy solutions like solar, wind, green hydrogen and ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Aware Super, and UniSuper fall among the ranks of super funds that publicly support the Voice. Deloitte, KPMG, Adamantem Capital, Westpac, NAB, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, Lendlease, Woolworths, and Coles are also in support. Resource giants ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... medical device development and manufacturing company located in Western Australia. She is also a venture partner at Brandon Capital Partners, a non-executive director of Sonic Healthcare and a member of the Curtin University Commercialisation Advisory ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... considers the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and industry frameworks and standards such as the International Capital Markets Association's' Green and Social Bond Principles. Citigroup has also committed AU$1 trillion to sustainable finance ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... across corporate operations and client services to ensure consistent, end-to-end governance. "As an active steward of capital, we consider the longer-term consequences of our actions in financial and societal terms - setting ambitious sustainability ...