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Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainable finance expert and cofounder of Pollination Group Martijn Wilder will be the inaugural chair of the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) board. The NRF will invest in manufacturing projects cross seven priority investment areas ...

Report sounds alarm on data centre climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Australian businesses say they can't meet sustainability goals without reducing IT and data centre energy use, but say they don't have detailed data on emissions to make decisions, according to recently released research. University of Technology Sydney's ...

CEFC invests $80m in Pacific Equity Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has allocated up to $80 million into a private equity strategy that will focus on decarbonisation across Australian mid-market infrastructure. The CEFC has invested in the $1.4 billion Pacific Equity Partners ...

CEFC invests $75m in Queensland recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing almost three quarters of its Australian Recycling Investment Fund to develop a flagship construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility in Queensland. The $75 million CEFC investment is ...

California considers bill to force fossil fuel divestment for CalPERS, CalSTRS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... California. " How is your retirement secure when your home is on fire? How is your retirement secure when you can't breathe the air outside? "... The best time for public pension divestment was ten years ago. The second best time is 2023. Californians' ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... principles: Sustainable Agriculture; Soil Health and Conservation; Protection of Water Resources; Protection of Crops; Energy Use, Air Quality and Climate Change; Waste and Material Management; Conservation of Biodiversity; Protection of Special Sites ...

Resource-efficient companies more resilient: Impax AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Risks from biodiversity tend to be stock-specific around value chains and supply chains and how they're linked to impacts on air and water quality. "It's a growing area of research, not as well coordinated yet as the climate change response, but it's ...

Mindaroo, QIC back FairSupply Series A fundraise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
ESG SaaS platform FairSupply has raised $6.3 million in a series A round led by AirTree, alongside Tidal, Minderoo Foundation and QIC. FairSupply provides corporate and institutional clients with visibility over ESG risk in supply chains and investment ...

Brisbane Airport to use AI to cut emissions in buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... technology in a select area of the Brisbane Airport property (BNE), which yielded a 12% decrease in HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system energy usage, 17% reduction in building equipment run-time, and zero comfort-related customer ...

La Trobe Financial certified by Climate Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... and Scope 3 - indirect gas, direct fuel, and water as well as supply chain, office paper, catering and food, accommodation, air travel, freight and courier, business road travel, and staff commuting. To achieve carbon neutrality, La Trobe Financial has ...