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QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Queensland Government-owned fund manager has converted a finance facility into a US$300 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL). Lenders are Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, ING Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... climate has resulted in "imperfect" momentum on fossil fuels, renewable energy, energy efficiency, adaptation, and climate finance. While some are calling the agreement a "failure", COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said during his closing speech: "We ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... transitions, as soon as possible." The stocktake emphasises the importance of public, private, international and domestic finance as "a critical enabler for climate action." The text finds that both adaptation and mitigation financing would need to increase ...

Podcast: 60,000+ years of care for country - Josh Gilbert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... is key to building thriving agriculture and natural capital markets in Australia. At the recent Australian Sustainable Finance Institute annual conference, Gilbert, who is also policy officer of Indigenous policy at the University of Technology Sydney ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), backed by Australia and more than 600 government and non-government partners, has announced $17 billion in new funding for climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovations. The ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... reached $200 billion last year - a 30-fold gap. New research from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) compared finance flows to nature-based solutions with the finance needed to tackle climate, biodiversity and nature degradation. The State ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Minister Wong's recent announcement to support technical experts in Pacific Island countries to facilitate access to climate finance. These are positive signs that the Australian Government is listening to our Pacific neighbours." However, Bungcaras ...

Government sets stage for sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... initiatives." Goodhand also noted that the framework sits solidly within the government's overall climate and sustainable finance strategies. "There is quite a solid alignment with the strategy under each eligibility category, including what the ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels Australia has joined 40 other countries to end international public investment in fossil fuels, as the first week of COP28 saw new agreements regarding financing net zero ...

Progress on Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has published two methodology papers towards the development of Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy. To achieve Australia's goals for renewables deployment, there is a growing pipeline of public ...