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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 ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance and Suncorp have launched Essentials by AAI,a microinsurance policy for renters and car owners on low incomes. Launch of the Essentials by AAI microinsurance, (l-r) Adam Mooney, CEO, Good Shepherd Microfinance, Jenny Elvey ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... aligns with that future scenario. In April, AGL released a greenhouse gas policy in which it committed to not "build, finance or acquire new conventional coal-fired power stations in Australia (i.e. without carbon capture and storage," not extend the ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... approximately 7.5 million tonnes." In April, AGL released a greenhouse gas policy in which it committed to not "build, finance or acquire new conventional coal-fired power stations in Australia (i.e. without carbon capture and storage," not extend the ...

Australia falls in EY renewable energy index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... utility-scale solar,' EY said in the RECAI report. EY cited the government's draft directive prohibiting the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) from investing in onshore wind and rooftop solar as part of the "wind war." "A government-commissioned ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will commit AU$250 million to construction of large-scale solar finance and up to AU$60 million to environmentally friendly social and affordable housing projects. Ted Dow, CEFC CIO CEFC's AU$250 million will ...