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Clean Energy Finance Corporation holds Clean Energy Innovators Demo Day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... fall into the space of having progressed past research and development, but aren't yet able to attract private sector capital. The Innovation Fund has been and running for less than a year, and has made three investment commitments worth $25 million. ...

Government launches inquiry investigating need for Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... is objective and the intent and what is the company setting itself up to do," said Ian Woods, head of ESG Research, AMP Capital."Then a demonstration of how that's implemented - it could be a code of supplier practice, it could be demonstrating auditing ...

Impact Investing Australia, Philanthropy Australia launch new grant program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Growth Fund was launched in March 2015 and supported 16 organisations and "unlocked over $37 million in impact investment capital." NAB provided $1.75 million to the fund. "The Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant is playing an important role in driving ...

Amanda Wilson stepping down as Regnan chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... advance the responsible investment agenda in Australia, acting as a voice for the promotion of sustainable and inclusive capital markets." During Wilson's time as CEO, Regnan has pursued an "innovative, rigorous and integrated approach to the identification ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... train could potentially lead to significant repricing of carbon-intensive resources and activities and reallocation of capital," he said. "This process will be highly sensitive to changes in regulation, technology, the physical environment and behaviour ...

SVA launches South Australian homelessness social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... investing, Social Ventures Australia The seven-year, $9 million Aspire Social Impact Bond (SIB) will fund the working capital of the Aspire Program, which is a partnership between the South Australian state government, Hutt St Centre and Common Ground ...

Government issues discussion paper on social impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... response to the government's paper," he said. "We would encourage the government to continue to look at attracting private capital into the sector and we would encourage the governments support of impact investing and to that end, the ongoing development ...

CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... support Palisade's renewable energy strategy," said Roger Lloyd, Palisade CEO. "It will also attract further institutional capital to an existing diverse portfolio of renewable energy assets and match the tremendous pipeline of opportunities we are currently ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... going to see first and foremost, is that climate change is going to dominate the discussion, and we are starting to see capital flowing," said Simon O'Connor, chief executive officer of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). "QIC ...

Sustainalytics to augment Sydney office, launch Tokyo office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... will become a global player in terms of ESG. The drivers there are all right in front of our eyes. They're a significant capital market. They're a big enough capital market that they have domestic managers that have domestic and int'l clients, and they ...