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Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... "What we're hopeful to see is that by overlaying with this derivative, it should theoretically cheapen the cost of project finance. We are pretty hopeful after speaking to banks that this will be the end outcome." Swiss Re published a report, Profiling ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest up to AU$125 million in a AU$400 million unlisted sustainable property trust to be managed by EG Group. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The High Income Sustainable Office ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has selected National Australia Bank (NAB) to partner on a new AU$120 million program to provide finance for businesses seeking to reduce energy and operating costs through "green" investments. Oliver Yates ...

Eureka Funds Management funds Sydney EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Eureka Funds Management, National Australia Bank and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have financed a AU$1.2 million environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) that will retrofit the Readers Digest Building in Sydney. The agreement has been signed ...

CDSB launches expanded reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... directive from 2017 to report environmental information in their annual reports. The framework was launched by former Swedish Finance Minister, Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Financial System Initiative Anders Borg and Michael Izza, CEO of ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... governments, and both local and Australian companies operating in the region, said Katharine Tapley, ANZ director sustainable finance solutions. "The reason we partnered with the AWA relates to our geographical footprint," Tapley said. "They approached ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
ANZ has issued an AU$600 million green bond that will finance green property, wind power and solar projects. The bond - ANZ's first green bond and the second issued by an Australian bank - is five-year fixed rate, priced at 99.384 and an 80 bps spread ...

ACCSR tracks Australian/NZ progress towards CSR innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... of organisations that report that CSR helps access new markets, something that participants in the telecommunications, finance and insurance industries reported, ACCSR said. In terms of priorities for the year ahead, respondents identified stakeholder ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... PDC signatories commit to decarbonise their portfolios, and was co-founded last year by the United Nations Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) the fourth National pension fund of Sweden, AP4, Europe's largest asset manager Amundi and CDP. In addition ...

Teachers Mutual Bank win AB +F ESG award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Teachers Mutual Bank was recognised as Best Bank in Socially Responsible Performance (ESG) at the Asia-Pacific Banking and Finance (AB+F) Awards. This is the second time the bank has won the award, having previously been recognised in 2013. Teachers ...