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CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... upgrades for properties, including up to AU$80 million jointly made available through National Australia Bank for Environmental Upgrade Agreements, up to AU$200 million jointly available through the Commonwealth Bank for Energy Efficient Loans, and AU$8 ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... to keep it at about 25-30 stocks and make sure that those stocks are good-quality stocks that fit the social and environmental values of the fund and stack up financially as well." The portfolio is designed to appeal to ethical investors, and Edkins ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Oil and gas producing and servicing companies provide "very limited" disclosure around risks and impacts of their hydraulic fracturing (fracking) activity, according to research commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Fiona ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... decision/outcome was expected, and all attention turns to the government's replacement policy and the strength of its environmental credentials. That would be the platform to push ahead. From that point of view, we could see a compromise between the ...

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
... 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 a practical response ...

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 ...

Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... globally to provide exposure to green bonds - fixed income securities that raise capital to fund projects with specific environmental benefits like climate impact mitigation and/or adaptation. Last year, the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence report ...

CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions sign expanded partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 2011, they had scored "over 6,400 company disclosures and provided guidance to help organisations track and improve environmental performance." FCS is CDP's exclusive supply chain program scoring partner, and they are also responsible for the Nordic ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... financial risk," Wood said. "We were hearing from funds, yes, we agree with the premise that climate change is a serious environmental risk, but there are more substantial financial risks that we can't ignore. There was some financial analysis that had ...