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Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... not be able to obtain traditional forms of finance off the back of an ERF contract." The City of Melbourne and New South Wales have EUA structures in place, and South Australia has proposed a similar financing vehicle, which they call building upgrade ...

ASrIA appoints two to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... and head of regional media research at ING Securities. Li is a CPA and CFA and graduated from the University of New South Wales with majors in accounting and finance. "We believe that Mr. Copley and Mr. Li will bring experience and expertise that are ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental upgrades from being carried out. It modelled on existing legislation in the City of Melbourne and in New South Wales. Environmental upgrade finance agreements are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance ...

AGL commences construction on Nyngan Solar Plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... expected to be installed on the 250 hectare site, AGL said. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the New South Wales government provided financial support to the Nyngan Solar Plant and a second large-scale PV project, Broken Hill Solar ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... for Social Innovation. Canadian social enterprises are currently using community bonds, and much in the way that New South Wales adapted the social benefit bond structure from overseas, it is possible that community bonds could be used for Australian ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
An 8,500-hectare section of native forest in western New South Wales has been deemed eligible under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by the federal government. Josh Harris, Climate Friendly The Sunset Ranch Native Forest Protection Project is the ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... million in venture capital for Australian renewable energy companies. Rickards also pointed to the recently launched New South Wales social benefit bonds as another approach to attracting private capital to investments. Rickards noted that while there ...

Climate Friendly, Corporate Carbon Advisory in CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Friendly and Corporate Carbon Advisory's Biomass Solutions Waste Diversion Project is located in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and manufactures value-added compost from domestic waste diverted from landfill. The project collects from a variety of household ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... backing from organizations including Epuron, Condall, Net Balance, Norton Rose Fulbright and the University of New South Wales Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering department in the Faculty of Engineering. Also, employees from AECOM have joined ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... week. The service will focus on reducing the number of family breakdowns and children placed in foster care in New South Wales and will support up to 400 families over five years. The five-year bond was structured in two tranches to meet differing risk ...