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CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with non-bank commercial loan manager Balmain Corporation to provide up to AU$100 million of debt finance to retrofit commercial properties. Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO The agreement with Balmain ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Brisbane-based financial planners Ethical Investment Advisers has launched a separately managed account (SMA) based on Australian equities that are screened to eliminate fossil fuel exposures. Louise Edkins, director, Ethical Investment Advisers The ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Senate has rejected a bill to repeal the Clean Energy Future legislation, but businesses continue to operate as if the current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government ...

CEFC provides $20m loan facility to Carnegie Wave Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has provided a AU$20 million, five-year loan facility to Carnegie Wave Energy to help accelerate final stage technology development, the CEFC said. Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO The loan facility provision is CEFC's ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Given the shift and evolution of the global economy and the activities of businesses and assets as part of that shift, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment practices is both a source of innovation and ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed up to AU$30 million to a fund financing environmental upgrade agreements (EUA). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO The CEFC is partnering with National Australia Bank (NAB) and Eureka Funds Management to ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investment portfolios containing coal, oil and gas companies "risk lower returns in the long run while portfolios avoiding these companies can provide competitive returns," according to a report published by The Australia Institute in ...

CEFC, CBA finance efficiency upgrades for food processors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Manufacturers and food processors are using financing from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank to upgrade equipment to increase energy efficiency, save on energy costs and boost competitiveness, according to the CEFC. CEFC ...

South Australia government to support Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The South Australian government will support a Good Shepherd Microfinance retail site in Adelaide to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) should develop a method based on environmental upgrade agreements (EUA), Sustainable Melbourne Fund has said in a submission to the Department of Environment. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund Sustainable ...