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Foresight Group launches Foresight Renwable Energy Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... in Queensland and the 110MW Bannerton project in Victoria, a 192 hectare solar farm that provides clean energy to the Melbourne Tram network. Foresight intends to report annually on the environmental impact of the loans and their contribution to the ...

QIC Shopping Centre Fund issues $300m certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... intensity in three of the assets within the portfolio: Robina Town Centre in the Gold Coast (Queensland), Eastland in Melbourne (Victoria) and Grand Central in Toowoomba (Queensland), Climate Bonds Initiative said. The QSCF Green Bond is the first Climate ...

HESTA allocates $20 million to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
HESTA has allocated $20 million to a Melbourne apartment development that will provide affordable housing for first time home buyers, affordable housing clients and those working in key community occupations. Michael Lynch, Michael Lynch, SVA Executive ...

Neoen Numurkah Solar Farm commences operations in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... 373,839 solar panels installed over 515 hectares and will produce 255 GWh of renewable energy per annum. It will power Melbourne's tram network and the Laverton steel works, Neoen said. "Numurkah is an important project for Neoen and the commencement ...

Low Carbon Readiness Index measures motivation to reduce carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... the three. CRCLC researchers Dr Lean O'Brien (University of Canberra) and Professor Yoshihisa Kashima (University of Melbourne) who developed the LCRI say that it is valid as a predictor of low carbon behaviours in terms of summary measures of self-reported ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
The Sustainable Melbourne Fund has been reorganised and recapitalised with access to a loan facility of up to $200 million so that it can extend financing model throughout Australia. Scott Bocskay, CEO, Sustainable Melbourne Fund To reflect the significant ...

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... Rights Commission Triggs gave a keynote speech at the UN Global Compact Network Australia's Inaugural Conference in Melbourne this week. The conference's overarching theme was Rebuilding Trust in Corporate America, and Triggs highlighted the role of ...

Future IM/Pact signs two new partners, launches student events

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... into investment management industry, has signed two new partners and launched student networking events in Sydney and Melbourne. Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader, Mercer Future IM/Pact is an industry-sponsored initiative and employee ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
Climate change will be one of the most pressing issues of the forthcoming federal election, no more so than in the Melbourne electorate of Kooyong, where former Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates is running as an independent challenger ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - The Highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... solutions for unlocked investor demand. The Sustainability Report moderated a panel discussion addressing these questions in Melbourne. Sponsored by MSCI and hosted by Mercer, the panel comprised Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible Investment ...