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ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia's enviable natural solar advantage." AA number of the ARENA applications had also approached the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) for debt funding through its complementary $250 million large-scale solar financing program. The $250 million ...

Cbus Super hires new investment manager - ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... earlier this year to take up the position of CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. "I believe the finance industry can, and should, play a key role with integrating sustainability into business practices throughout the economy," ...

Ernst & Young joins Climate Bonds Initiative as partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... leader, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY. "EY recognises that capital markets investment will be essential to finance the green growth we need to avert catastrophic climate change," Bell said "We need to see the development of transparent ...

Women, generational change coming to ASX boards: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... backgrounds of people who are taking up non-executive director roles." Of the new board appointees in 2014, banking and finance were the most common background for directors - 14 appointments to ASX100 boards, ACSI Said. Chief executive roles and accounting ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Capital Declaration is a private sector initiative that has been endorsed by 43 financial institutions. It is a global finance-led initiative convened by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... modes of transport to be compared and common thresholds to be set. Certified Low Carbon Transport climate bonds could finance heavy and light rail systems, electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, cycling and bus rapid transit infrastructure, so long as it ...

CEFC to provide up to $30m financing to City of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide financing of up to AU$30 million to the City of Melbourne for a number of projects to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... version 2.0 of the Climate Bonds Standards, is based in Australia. He updated institutional investors and other climate finance professionals attending the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Summit in Melbourne this week. The rise in external certification ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy, addresses the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Climate Change Investment and Finance Summit in Melbourne Speaking on the opening day of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Climate Change Investment and ...

International Integrated Reporting Council appoints new board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Helen Brand, chief executive officer, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the UK; Alexsandro Broedel Lopes, finance executive director, Itau Unibanco S.A., Brazil; Jane Diplock AO a director of the Singapore Stock Exchange and membership ...