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UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... to the Macquarie Green Energy and Climate Opportunities Fund (MGECO). MGECO is an open-ended fund that invests in large scale, mature sustainable technologies to support the transition to net zero and help meet sustainable energy needs in Australia and ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... are decarbonised," CEF director Tim Buckley said. "That requires concerted action and investment to build firmed utility-scale renewable energy and reduce emissions in hard-to-abate sectors like steel, cement, and aluminium." To date a total of $184 ...

Canberra's new plan a winner for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... reality." "This decade marks a fundamental shift in the way nations are structuring their economies." The industrial policy is a large-scale economic intervention that will channel billions of taxpayer dollars into this "new economic reality" and forms ...

Stewart Investors joins Responsible Minerals initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... formed RMI Investor Network," said RMI executive director Jennifer Peyser. "We value their insights and leadership as we scale the network to support the investor community and its role in driving responsible minerals supply chains and a just green energy ...

Grok Ventures appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Kwong-Law identified technology as a core driver of decarbonisation in terms of value and opportunity, but also where there is a large gap. "Seeding and scaling climate tech into climate infrastructure is going to require trillions of dollars in private ...

Brookfield reaches first close on second transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... annual emissions of New York City, London and Toronto," Brookfield noted. "We have demonstrated beyond doubt the breadth and scale of attractive investment opportunities in the transition to a net zero economy," Carney said. "By going where the emissions ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... climate-related financial disclosures is also of great concern." Climate-related financial disclosures will become mandatory for large Australian companies from July 2024, with smaller businesses to follow in 2027-2028, the Australian government announced ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... producing carbon dioxide emissions. The funds will be used on research and development, engineering, and project development to scale a pilot iron plant. The fund raising was led by Playground Global, an early-stage venture capital firm with over US$1.2 ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... geoeconomic confrontation, erosion of social cohesion and societal polarisation, widespread cybercrime and insecurity, and large-scale involuntary migration. The Asia-Pacific region is highlighted as key to the effective functioning of the global financial ...

COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... least $350 million in climate infrastructure for the region, including $75 million for a program for off-grid and community scale renewable energy in remote and rural parts of the Pacific. "Joining the CETP further aligns our international public support ...
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