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Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... to be made available by the first quarter of 2014. "Climate Bonds are well suited to the long term investment needed to finance low carbon transport solutions," said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds chair. "As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, large ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... small, relative to what is needed to achieve that figure, according to a recent report. David Rickards, Social Enterprise Finance Australia According to a report produced by the University of Sydney Business School, misperceptions that impact investments ...

Climate Friendly, Corporate Carbon Advisory in CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon management solutions to businesses and households, and Corporate Carbon Advisory provides advisory, origination and finance solutions for carbon management. "This is the first composting project using integrated autoclaving and enclosed composting ...

Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... lot of interest in that level of projects." EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting projects. Under the terms, the building owner is advanced funds for the upgrade by the financier ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Repealing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will cause institutional investors to step back from deals in low-carbon investments in Australia, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) told a Senate inquiry into the repeal of the Clean Energy ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... up front, by the government, the Reserve Bank of Australia or the banks themselves in investing directly in community finance," Mooney said. "There is tremendous opportunity in community finance/microfinance. At the moment, we're by far the biggest microfinance ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Creating shared value (CSV) in companies and not-for-profits can unlock powerful social and economic returns, but requires internal champions that can integrate the approaches into organisational strategies, and can be a challenge when it comes to defining ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... is one of the founding signatories. NCD is convened by the The Global Canopy Programme and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). WBCSD will give insights and make recommendations in the development of assessment, accounting, and ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... assistance. It also encapsulates programs such as NAB's partnership with Good Shepherd Microfinance, which rolls out affordable finance to communities that have experienced financial exclusion. NAB has committed to providing fair and affordable finance ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... access to solar energy through a package including a high quality grid connected solar system and a 100% Westpac equipment finance loan," according to the bank, and provided educational seminars through Westpac's Davidson Institution for Australian small ...