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Energy market not fit for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The National Electricity Market (NEM) is not fit to attract the $122 billion required for the net zero transition, according to the Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG). Market settings are outdated and built for the coal and gas era, says CEIG chief ...

NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's green bank has announced a $300 million asset finance partnership with NAB to help Aussie farmers upgrade their vehicles and equipment to drive down emissions. Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will support discounted interest rates ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... juniors. In the 25-30 age group, job mobility is high with 77% of professionals moving roles every two years or less. Finance, banking and insurance are not the highest paying sectors - that title belongs to mining, metals and resources. And passion ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... transaction per week, bringing total transaction value to $71.5 billion. In its latest bi-annual update, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) said it has received $5.4 billion in repayments and returns since it was set up. In the six months to ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... changing global landscape. Regulatory momentum - including enhanced disclosure requirements, net-zero targets, and green finance initiatives - has created an urgent need for investors to adapt and engage, PRI said. It is this role that Tang steps into ...

TNFD adds to sector guidance, scores funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... which the TNFD provides guidance to 13 so far. The others are metals and mining; electric utilities and power generation; finance; chemicals; food and agriculture; oil and gas; forestry, pulp and paper; aquaculture; and biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. ...

Salter Brothers secures green loan for luxury retreat

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... sustainable future." CBA acted as sole sustainability coordinator and lender in the deal. CBA previously supported sustainable finance transactions in the hospitality sector for Crystalbrook and Howard Smith Wharves (now Artemus). CBA executive general ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Article 9 funds shed €4 billion, marking the 15th consecutive month of net outflows. Under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Article 9 funds are 'dark green' strategies which have sustainable investment as their ...

Coalition's anti-ESG stance sparks investor backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... crude oil, natural gas, native forest logging projects. Opposition leader Peter Dutton said: "Banks are there to provide finance to creditworthy customers. "If a business is legal and it has the ability to service the loan and it's creditworthy, then ...

Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Aviation Safety Australia. Previously, Sykes spent more than 16 years as deputy chief executive and executive manager of finance at MTAA Super. In April 2021, MTAA Super merged with Tasplan to become Spirit Super. In 2023, AMIST Super rebranded as part ...