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World on the brink: Frontier Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... carbon emissions continue to rise, and the longer the transition is delayed, the more challenging it becomes to achieve 'net zero' by 2050. "The Paris Agreement to limit the temperature increase in this century to two degrees, while pursuing efforts ...

HMC Capital makes $950m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... the acquisition was an exciting and significant step in HMC's ambition to be a champion in Australia's transition to a net zero carbon economy by 2050. "This is a marquee acquisition to future seed HMC's energy transition platform, encompassing a diverse ...

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... Attorney General's office said. The filing claims the companies' used their membership of Climate Action 100 and the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative to "signal their mutual intent" to depress the output of thermal coal, increasing the cost of electricity ...

Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... progress work towards encouraging greater investment in Australia's renewables transition. The roundtable was for the Net Zero Transition Working Group to consider ASFA'S Toward an energy transition accord, which set out five recommendations to create ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... at this point the fund should be home to $380 billion. The priority areas are supporting the energy transition towards net zero, increasing the supply of residential housing in Australia, and improving infrastructure including economic resilience ad ...

QIC backs Virescent Ventures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... opportunity for QIC to work with an Australian-based climate manager to meaningfully advance the global transition to net zero. Their CEFC heritage affords Virescent deep expertise and touch points into the clean energy sector, producing a unique origination ...

Muzinich & Co. partners to launch infrastructure debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... said. The strategy will look to assist businesses and projects on their energy and climate transition journey in a rapid net zero-driven environment. Muzinich chief executive Justin Muzinich said the strategy will further enable much needed engagement ...

ISPT, IFM Investors merger advances

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... retirement in 2018. Greg Combet took over as chair the following year before stepping down to chair the government's Net Zero Economy Agency. Deputy chair Cath Bowtell took over in July 2023. IFM most recently added Else Bos as an independent director ...

Regulators given new powers to protect financial markets in crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
... January 2025. "These critical reforms provide investors and companies the clarity and certainty they need to support the net zero transformation and further strengthen Australia's reputation as an attractive destination for international capital," Chalmers ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... operations to meet our FY2030 target, but we anticipate a role for carbon credits as part of achieving our 2050 goal for net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions from our operations, and to meet compliance obligations under the Safeguard Mechanism ...