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Investment specialist joins sustainable fund manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... positioned to assist investors to meet these dual goals by providing opportunities to invest in high quality renewable energy and social infrastructure assets, including a growing portfolio of specialist disability accommodation assets, which is providing ...

UNSW to ditch fossil fuels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... commitment to limit global warming to 1.5C. "UNSW has a proud history of being at the forefront of climate science and renewable energy and there is a clear expectation from our community that we forge a leadership role on climate change," Jacobs said. ...

Climate activism not translating to investing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... made difficult by the fact that many of the major players are old fossil fuel companies. CHOICE said while the renewable energy sector in Australia is growing, few companies have reached an "investable" scale. Max Cunningham, executive general manager ...

Pinnacle boutique eyes wholesale market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... (PDIF). PDIF holds a portfolio of 20 assets based in Australia and New Zealand in sectors such as airports, ports, renewable energy and social infrastructure. It delivered total return of 12.7% per annum, over five years to December end. Of this, 8.9% ...

Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... McDonald said. "We can, for example, find electric utilities that have shown a higher propensity to invest in renewable energy and storage solutions and divest from thermal coal. "In addition to E score, other data on company products and services, as ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... billion in GDP, and an additional 17,000 full time jobs for Australia by 2047-48," it said. Increased investment in renewable energy technology will lead to a global transition towards renewables, with both individuals and big business considering energy ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... fossil-fuel screened funds and build new sustainable active strategies focused on a global energy transition towards renewable energy sources and impact investing. BlackRock will remap its priorities to better align with the United Nation's Sustainable ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... also plan for impacts..." This was Ketan Joshi's - University of Sydney science graduate and international renewable energy researcher and author - response to The Fifth Estate 's assertion that: "fire emergencies here [Australia] and in California ...

Super funds snap up local renewable asset

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... acquire South Australian wind farm Snowtown 2. Palisade has purchased the asset on behalf of investors in its Renewable Energy Fund (PREF), and HESTA, who is one of the firm's direct investment clients, with First State Super acting as a co-investor ...

NAB accused of greenwashing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... can have the largest impact on climate change. Over the past year, we have been the 13th largest lender to the renewable energy industry in the world and we are proud to be Australia's number one bank for global renewables transactions." He cited figures ...