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CBA launches green business loan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... billion in cumulative funding across sustainable industries and asset types including clean energy, energy efficiency, low-carbon transport, commercial property, land and agriculture, waste management and sustainability-linked lending. Eligible projects ...

Greenwashing remains a priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Commissioner Simone Constant. "Building on that, we are also thinking about the different parts of it. For example, the use of carbon credits... if you have an entity that advertises itself as being net zero and very green and they get there by carbon ...

Major indices provide ESG clarity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... impact intensity, limit the proportion of ecosystem impact to significant land, align with UN SDGs, and have a reduced carbon footprint relative to the constituents in the underlying-parent indices. S&P DJI used S&P Global Sustainable1's Nature & Biodiversity ...

Podcast: The economic case for being a net zero superpower - Ross Garnaut

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Institute, which is designed to provide analysis to help Australia take advantage of the economic opportunities of the post-carbon world. Ross Garnaut explains the mission of the Superpower Institute and why he still believes Australia isn't a pissant ...

Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Carbon trading platform Verra is in hot water from accusations of alleged abuses by Human Rights Watch, as it seeks public input on a global methodology for carbon capture and storage hubs. Australia's ACCU supply could triple by 2033, making it ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... US$32.8 billion AUM, provides responsible finance solutions to institutional and wholesale renewable energy, storage and low-carbon mobility providers. Peers says that although ESG factors impact the performance of companies and stocks, this may ultimately ...

GreenCollar makes strategic acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Carbon markets developer and investor GreenCollar has invested in a carbon, energy and sustainability advisory firm to increase end-to-end services to business. The partnership with EnergyLink Services is designed to help GreenCollar increase its reach ...

Rest makes another impact investment allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... achieve long-term total returns by investing in companies that are expected to contribute to the transition to a lower-carbon global economy," and focuses on businesses in three areas of decarbonisation - renewable energy, resource efficiency and electrification. ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... program will also be a key component of the project. Restore Nature (Thailand) will further seek to design and develop a carbon project to protect and restore degraded peatland and peat swamp forest in the landscape, improve biodiversity, and enhance ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... years." With the government tabling an Australian version of the US' Inflation Reduction Act, and Labour putting a carbon price back on the agenda, Hutley says investors remain cautious. "It does worry me that we don't seem to be able to walk ...