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Quinbrook achieves record financing for solar, battery storage project

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has closed of a record debt financing of up to £238.5 million for Cleve Hill Solar Park - the UK's largest solar and battery storage project under construction. The 373 megawatts solar photovoltaics (Solar PV) and ...

CDPQ splashes $11bn on renewable energy producer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) will acquire all shares of Innergex Renewable Energy at C$13.75 per share, representing a total enterprise value of C$10.0 billion. CDPQ will also acquire all the issued and outstanding ...

Green careers in silent crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia not exempt Simon Gvalda, manager of ESG and responsible investment at Kaizen Recruitment, said the UK findings echo his Australian clients' experiences. "People at senior levels are under the pump, they are very busy and are being pulled ...

Asset managers move climate targets in-house

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Goldman Sachs (GS) and Franklin Templeton shed light on their departures from UN-convened Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and embattled climate group Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) respectively. GS said it would move its climate commitments to oversight ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has finally tackled the complex issue of nature and human rights in the first comprehensive framework published last week. The UN-convened initiative says more investors and companies are ramping up nature ...

Investors dismiss US federal court case

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard dismissed the case against them by 11 red US states, calling accusations they violated antitrust laws "baseless". Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Federal Court case claiming the firms "conspired to artificially ...

First Aussie circularity fund shoots for $1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Boston Global inaugural Circular Future Fund (CFF) promises an economy where no resource goes to waste, with a goal of $1 billion FUM in the next five years. To launch the fund, the investment banker and family office teamed up with environmental organisation ...

World Bank exit policy gets thumbs up from local experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The world's largest development financier has released its long-awaited policy on responsibly divesting, a historic first in its 80-year history. The new policy builds on the Sustainability Policy of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - the ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
DWS has launched a sustainable infrastructure focused Wholesale Australian Unit Trust for Australian private wealth managers in a partnership with S64, the alternatives fintech. The offering empowers financial intermediaries to distribute private markets ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The US election loomed large over the first day of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit 2024. Trump's vows to repeal the IRA and environmental protection laws, exit the Paris Agreement, and increase spending on oil. This signifies ...
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