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Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Board (ISSB). That same month Treasury proposed the implementation of mandatory climate-related disclosures. In 2022 the debt market raised more funds for climate-friendly projects than for fossil fuel companies, signalling a shift towards green debt ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has allocated more than $100 million to two infrastructure debt funds that provide finance to renewable energy and social infrastructure projects. Australian Ethical has backed the Infradebt Ethical Fund and the Infradebt Energy Transition ...

Mirova targets super funds in multi-billion dollar raise

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investment strategies, including taking majority or minority stakes, as well as providing equity financing or subordinated debt. The strategy will focus on financing established technologies, including onshore and offshore wind power, photovoltaics ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Approximately $260 billion of all outstanding Australian bank loans, or 22% of bank lending, are highly exposed to nature-related risk. Ernst & Young Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation released a report finding that banks that are ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... is currently no internationally agreed framework for assessing climate risks and opportunities associated with sovereign debt instruments. The Commonwealth will continue to engage with asset owners and relevant stakeholders to keep investors informed ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... targets on engagement. In 2023, 100% of members sat engagement targets. More members set sub-portfolio targets in corporate debt, listed equity, and directly held real estate, growing from 41 members in 2022 to 67 in 2023. Members set sub-portfolio targets ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... get that translation right," Yazbek-Martin said. Yazbek-Martin particularly highlighted opportunities for banks to develop debt products that can specifically assist in financing activities that have nature-positive benefits. She also pointed to the ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... are in line with, or have a head start, on their transition pathways. Companies that aren't on the curve have a carbon debt, for want of a better term. They will have to pay for that by accelerating capital expenditure, investing in more efficient ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... renewable energy development platforms with a global remit, ZEN Noted. She has capital market experience in M&A, investing, debt and equity raising, as well as institutional-level governance and operational rigour. "Phillipa joins us as we transition ...

NZ solar attracts $170 million international capital raise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... green loan coordinator for structuring the issuance and corporate green financing framework. It is NZGIF's first private debt placement with international co-investors, and the first issuance by a New Zealand-based financial institution to secure ...