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AustralianSuper says Origin is ‘substantially’ undervalued and ‘an ideal platform to invest in the energy transition’.
The bidders’ brown-to-green plan for Origin Energy eclipsed significant competition concerns in the Australian watchdog’s landmark decision.
Australia’s competition watchdog said Brookfield’s Global Transition Fund would have a ‘strong imperative and commercial incentive to lower emissions quickly’, outweighing vertical integration concerns.
Morrison & Co’s Steven Fitzgerald said the investment is consistent with its decarbonisation thematic and ‘fundamentally’ has the characteristics of infrastructure.
Solar panels next to wind turbines in a field
Energy transition-focused Mirova returns to the market with a sixth flagship fund only a year after the fifth fund's close on €1.6bn.
CFO Andrew Cross sees climate-related investments as a major focus for the years ahead, with climate a ‘cross-border issue’.
Floating wind turbine installed 4 km offshore of Agucadoura, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal in October 2011. Was the first offshore wind turbine deployed without the use of any offshore heavy lift vessels. Additionaly this is the first offshore wind turbine instaled in the Atlantic waters and make use of a semi-submersible type floating foundation.
Floating offshore wind is tried and tested, with early movers telling us this is an asset class that will go far, stay afloat, and pay off.
As the warmest season ever is drawing to an end, it is timely to pay attention to allocations to green investments and the dangers of meekly following the money.
Sandrine Lalmant, John Laing
The firm has launched a new sustainability strategy and is among the first infrastructure investors to set such a goal, according to sustainability head Sandrine Lalmant.
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