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Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... adjustment mechanism that carbon border tariffs in international trade are urgently needed to put a price on the carbon emissions embedded in the production of industrial commodities such as iron and steel, aluminium and cement, which make up 15% of ...

Calls for government to strike while green iron is hot

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... preventing the green iron industry from reaching its full potential. These are: lack of an international price on carbon emissions; inadequate incentives for innovation and early investment; and underinvestment in critical infrastructure. "The failures ...

PE left 3bn tonnes of emissions: Emmi

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... Citing McKinsey data, global private equity investments reached $8.2 trillion in 2023. "That year, industrial carbon emissions were 37.2 billion tonnes. Assuming PE is roughly 8% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (~$105 trillion), then the sector's ...

CEFC gives $160m to sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... net zero emissions." Currently, the built environment is responsible for about 40% of the 50 billion tonnes of carbon emissions released globally each year. About 22% of that comes from embodied carbon. Commenting, Goldman Sachs Alternatives chief investment ...

EV boom fuels lithium surge, but risks are significant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... zero-carbon lithium project in Germany leverages geothermal power and water recycling technologies to minimise both carbon emissions and water usage. Vezér's comments were made at the recent Responsible Investment Association of Australasia event, the ...

Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... interested in data on fixed income, the bond market, and private equity. "There's a notion that understanding the carbon emissions are all that's needed," McNeil said. "That's only the first step. The most important question is: how is climate change ...

Regulation drives ESG advice boom

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... mandatory sustainability disclosure laws. The first tranche of large corporates and financial firms must report their carbon emissions starting this year, with progressively smaller entities to follow over the next two years. Entities with a consolidated ...

Young investors' appetite for ESG investing dwindles: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... 33% of young investors said they'd be willing to lose more than 10% of their retirement savings to improve carbon emissions and develop renewable energy technologies - by 2024, just 10% said the same. Meantime, Cerulli's research found 44% of ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... metrics in APAC are social (62%), diversity and inclusion (59%), and environmental (42%). Just 30% used GHG or carbon emissions measures including Scope 3 emissions. Climate-linked pay largely fails to achieve results, a study last year from the Investor ...

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... energy transition objectives. Splend's fleet of electric vehicles in Australia and the UK are already reducing carbon emissions by over 19,000tCO2e per annum." For HESTA's part, chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson said the investment ...
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AGL mulls sale of Tilt Renewables

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AGL Energy has confirmed it is considering selling its 20% stake in the wind and solar energy generator.

Nuveen eyes green loans in local RE strategy

MATTHEW WAI
Following its first close in December, Nuveen's Australian commercial real estate debt strategy, which has a focus on responsible investing, has received $300 million from the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) on its second close.

Wollemi Capital buys renewables platform

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The climate-focused investment firm will pay $19 million for MPower Group's renewable energy and battery storage business after the latter faced challenges in securing funding.

Podcast: Measuring nature assets in portfolios

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In this episode of The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar discusses the transition to nature-positive investment portfolios with Lucian Peppelenbos, climate and biodiversity strategist at Robeco.

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