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

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... electricity generation is now at its highest level since 1996, at 87.5% in the March quarter of 2023. By comparison, Australia's energy mix was made up predominantly of fossil fuels at 71% of in 2021, including coal (51%), gas (18%) and oil (2%). This ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... people at the 2023 referendum will be: "A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?" The Voice to Parliament ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Council, chair and governing board member of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership and chairman of Low Carbon Australia Ltd. Board members include: Ahmed Fahour, currently chairman of Invest Victoria. Throughout his 30-year career, he has ...

Climate disclosure lawsuit against Commonwealth settled

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
A landmark class action lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Australia alleging the government does not properly disclose climate change risk in government bonds has been settled. The case was filed in 2020 by Kathleen (Katta) O'Donnell, who is represented ...

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
A carbon tax where cash proceeds are redirected back into the Australian economy would help Australia achieve its emissions reductions goals, and also provide economic benefits. New research to be published in September's issue of the Journal of Cleaner ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC's latest action against Vanguard for allegations of greenwashing in a bond fund raises the question of whether the market regulator will crack down on index providers and other third-party service providers for greenwashing as well. Last month ...

Podcast: Solving the social housing crisis - Casey Taylor

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... with Casey Taylor from Conscious Investment Management. By any conceivable measure, affordable housing is a crisis in Australia, with a variety of potential mechanisms being levied to solve the problem, including the federal government's national ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... this important aspect of climate science, and FS Sustainability has independently confirmed that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) does not consider climate tipping points at this time. The report warns that retirement savings are at risk through overreliance ...

Finding opportunities in the energy transition: IML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... "The best energy transition is the molecules that you don't use," Wood said. "There's a good investment case in Australia in investing in efficiency, such as companies that invest in that through LED lighting, etc." While Australia has reserves ...

La Trobe Uni issues $175m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... bond was issued under the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) green bond principles and engaged National Australia Bank (NAB) as its lead underwriter for the green bond offering. La Trobe University's green bond and the projects it will ...