Future Fund chairman Greg Combet has flagged that the $225 billion government fund is hunting for investments linked to the green-energy transition to help Australia reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Mr Combet, a former climate change minister in the Rudd-Gillard Labor government, is seeking to align the sovereign wealth fund with the federal government’s goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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