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Call to catalyse Australia's green hydrogen industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... renewable hydrogen: setting formal emissions targets to drive demand signals and attract investment, developing a Guarantee of Origin scheme to provide transparency and consistency, implementing safety standards to boost community confidence and social ...

"Alarming" lack of capex alignment to 1.5C goals: Climate Action100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... are part of the focus list - Adbri, AGL Energy, BHP Billiton, BlueScope Steel, Boral, Incitec Pivot, Oil Search, Orica, Origin Energy, Qantas, Santos, South32, Woodside and Woolworths. Australian companies are performing better than their global peers ...

Fintech Bloom Impact to cultivate retail climate investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... company secured $675,000 in a pre-seed raise in late 2021, with the pre-seed raise led by EnergyLab, which is sponsored by Origin Energy, the University of Technology, Jobs for NSW and Climate-KIC. It was also supported by Collis and Cyan Taed, the founders ...

CEFC reaches $10 billion landmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has hit the milestone of surpassing $10 billion in lifetime investment commitments in its nearly nine-year tenure. Since inception, the CEFC has drawn $5.4 billion from its original $10 billion funding allocation ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... implemented. David Scaysbrook, co-founder and managing partner of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, pointed to the AGL bid and Origin's announcement that it would close its only coal-fired power plant, in Eraring, NSW, in 2025, seven years ahead of ...

Fiji, Australia sign Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme deal at COP26

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Fiji will become the first international partner to join Australia's recently established Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme. The scheme was announced in April and is modelled on Australia's Emissions Reduction Fund. Its aim is to develop a high-integrity ...

Integrating ESG into securitised asset strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Assessing the ESG characteristics of mortgage and other asset-backed securities (ABS) are an "essential component" of investing in securitised markets, according to Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM). However, ESG integration has been "largely ...

Investors press for swift action in wake of climate report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... companies have plans to expand fossil fuel production: Beach Energy, BHP Group, Incitec Pivot, Mineral Resources, Oil Search, Origin Energy, Santos, Seven Group, South32, WH Soul Pattinson & Co, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Petroleum. "Investors in these ...

Mitsubishi buys stake in Australian carbon credit developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Mitsubishi Corporation has bought a 40% stake in an Australian nature-based developer of carbon credit projects. Mitsubishi Corporation said their investment in Australian Integrated Carbon (AIC) "falls in step with our sustainability objectives, which ...

ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
ASIC is reviewing whether sustainability labelled super funds and managed fund are as they claim to be, with the aim of establishing how much greenwashing is present in the Australian market. Currently, there is no regulated definition of ESG, sustainability/green/responsible ...