Search Results

Showing 71 - 80 of 1535 results for "energy"

$200m social housing catalyst for clean energy sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian federal and NSW state government have announced a partnership of $200 million in funding for clean energy upgrades on social housing and low-income rentals. The funding will go towards upgrading housing stock in the parts of New South ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... its ESG-integrated assets totalled EUR €346 billion. In its sustainability strategy, BNP Paribas identified a "just" energy transition, healthy ecosystems, and societal equality as essential to protecting a healthy economy and safeguarding against ...

Podcast: Banking on the future with Australia's green bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is Australia's green bank. Over the last 10 years, the CEFC has deployed more than ten billion dollars to invest in decarbonising Australia with an annualised cumulative return of 4.24%. But almost more importantly ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... their investments. Investors are focusing on physical and transition risks from climate change when investing in major energy companies - and may be overlooking the financial risk from litigation, researchers from Oxford University and the University ...

Carbon markets heat up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... across various sectors, indicating a surge in demand in both voluntary and compliance markets. Xpansiv invests in Evident US energy market infrastructure provider Xpansiv has acquired a minority stake in renewable energy certification platform Evident ...

ASX tapped to develop Aussie carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator has selected ASX as a partner to undertake "exploratory work" on the development of a carbon exchange to launch later this year. The carbon exchange is intended to allow for the trading, clearing and settlement of Australian ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... navigate this rapidly evolving risk landscape." Sach also highlighted the need for acceleration in Australia's national energy transition to mitigate energy supply and reliability risk, as Australia is faced with "worsening natural peril environment". ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... pension fund Andra AP-fonden; German pension group Bayerische Versorgungskammer, and the Australian Government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which committed $75 million to the fund. The fund aims to drive down emissions through sequestration ...

Built industry bodies call for green innovation policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Electrifying the built environment in Australia could unlock $49 billion in energy savings between now and 2050 while avoiding 199mt of CO2 emissions, according to a report by the Property Council of Australia and the Green Building Council of Australia. ...

Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... funds, banks and insurers. #10: Bowen announces sectoral net zero strategy approaches July: Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced that government would develop sector-specific decarbonisation plans for key Australian industries ...