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QIC completes equity raise, refinancing for Pacific Energy Group
QIC has completed a $370 million equity raise and $1.6 billion debt refinancing for Pacific Energy Group (PEG) for a contracted capacity of 946 megawatts (MW) across 48 sites.
Calls for government to strike while green iron is hot
Australia could eventually export $400 billion in green iron, but new research demonstrates there are significant market and policy failings standing in the way.
Podcast: From coal to carbon - planting seeds of the future
Raf Wood, co-managing director of Silva Capital, discusses the evolution of Australia's carbon market and Silva's latest update on their carbon credit projects.
Natixis to merge sustainable, thematics investment arms
Natixis Investment Managers will combine two of its affiliates, Mirova and Thematics Asset Management.
Whitepapers
Mandatory sustainability reporting in Australia
This paper provides an in-depth guide on identifying which entities need to prepare mandatory sustainability reports in their annual reports, and covers ...
Decoding Trump 2.0 and the impact on ESG investing
From an ESG perspective, Trump's social, economic and political agenda will keep issues rich and complicated for companies and investors alike, and that ...
[…] Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond […]
[…] Addis and Blackburn-Wright have extensive experience in impact investment. During Addis' time at DEEWR, the department created the Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF), under which the federal government provided AU$20 million in one-off grants that has been matched by private sector investment to establish three funds - Foresters Community Finance, SEFA and the Social Ventures Australia Impact Fund. During Blackburn-Wright's time at Westpac, she was part of the team that built and issued Australia's first social impact bond. […]