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Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... strategies around remuneration linked to reserve replacements, investors first need to think about what a prudent reserve target is, and how long the time horizon attached to that reserve target is, George said. "Where we're thinking about it is what ...

Climate-aligned bond universe reaches $597.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... billion in 2014. The Climate Bonds Initiaitve expects green bond issuance to reach US$70 billion in 2015, with a "stretch target" of US$100 billion. "Investors representing $43 trillion of assets under management signed statement at last September's ...

CEFC signs $50m asset financing agreement with Firstmac

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has signed a AU$50 million asset finance agreement with non-bank lender Firstmac. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The agreement will see the CEFC and Firstmac extend personal and ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... further increasing the risks. While many start-ups have proliferated in the payday lending business, we believe many of these target employed clients as a means of lowering bad debt risk, and therefore the perception of predatory lending is lower. In ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... renewable energy certificates generated by renewable energy output from the wind farms, as outlined in the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The finalised new RET was passed in Parliament this week. "The REC price also has a spot and a forward market," ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
CDP, The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and ClientEarth have called upon the UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to ensure that companies in the oil, gas and coal sectors are complying with legal duties to address climate risk in their ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... the right equipment to reposition them to meet modern standards and become attractive to high quality tenants." EG will target bringing the properties to the equivalent of at least 4.5 stars under the National Australian Built Environment Rating System ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... risky assets when they should have been aware of the risk." But even if there isn't a global commitment and concomitant target to cut emissions globally, the shift in energy consumption is presenting a risk to some fossil fuel assets that trustees must ...

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 ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... The 12 members of the PDC are overseeing the decarbonisation of US$45 billion in assets under management, and has set a target of US$100 billion in AUM across all asset classes by COP 21 in November. "Local Government Super has long considered climate ...