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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 ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... business," said Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates managing director. "Consumers and supply chains can trust it to be genuine, no green washing. We hear more and more that this is an important part of deciding whether to purchase, or do business with a ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
A successful outcome to the Paris Climate Summit will be an agreement that sets a strategy for global action over time in which countries that are party to the process are similarly engaged on a pathway to cap global temperature increases to 2 degrees ...

CEFC commits $100m to Australian Bioenergy Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... AU$3 billion of bioenergy sector projects that could be develop,d Yates said. Foresight manages funds on behalf of the UK Green Investment Bank and the European Investment Bank and has invested more than AU$1 billion in bioenergy and energy from waste ...

Ernst & Young joins Climate Bonds Initiative as partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... 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, repeatable ...

Business response to climate change "creative self-destruction"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The corporate world is on a path of "creative self-destruction" when it comes to the business response to climate change, according to a new book. Professor Chris Wright, University of Sydney Business School In Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... prioritised while recognising the special nature of the transport sector and the complexity of players across modes and functions. Green bonds can play a huge role in financing this growth - which is why it is really important to ensure that there are ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Origin Energy has endorsed all seven of the the CDP/We Mean Business climate leadership platform commitments. James Day, director, CDP Australia and New Zealand The seven CDP/We Mean Business 'Commit to Action' climate leadership commitments are benchmarks ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... release the updated Climate Bonds Standards v2.0 later this month. The updated standards will make independent reviews of green bonds simpler and are currently out for public consultation, said Rob Fowler, a part of the advisory team at the Climate Bonds ...