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South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The government of South Australia has passed legislation to establish environmental building upgrade finance allowing commercial property owners to access finance to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. Scott Bocskay, CEO ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has developed a new AU$250 million program to encourage Australian councils to invest in technologies to increase their energy efficiency and lower emissions. The CEFC Local Government Finance Program will ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... obligation to produce the target before 2025. That's how we see the cycle system working into the future." Woolcott noted that finance and differentiation are two key aspects to achieving that progress into the future, and said that private finance will ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... to a peak this year with the forthcoming Paris Climate Summit (COP21) where there is a clear focus on engaging private finance to meet the adaptation and mitigation needs to keep the world on a capped path to a 2 degree limit on warming. "For 20 years ...

CEFC commits $100m to Australian Bioenergy Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed AU$100 million to a new Australian Bioenergy Fund, which will aim to accelerate development in Australia's bioenergy sector. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The Australian ...

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). ...