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Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia that impacted negatively on mining operations - "Cyclone Yasi caused torrential rain in the Bowen Basin of Queensland where BHP, Glencore, Anglo American and Rio Tinto operate. Severe flooding disrupted production for over six months, causing ...

Social Ventures Australia launches $7 million Resolve Social Benefit Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Aspire Social Impact Bond, which aims to tackle homelessness, and recently closed applications for the $6 million Newpin Queensland Social Benefit Bond. SVA also developed the first Newpin SBB in New South Wales.

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... trailblazers - included AnglicareSA, ANZ, Bank Australia, BaptistCare, Commonwealth Bank, EnergyAustralia, HESTA, NAB, the Queensland state government, Suncorp, Swinburne University, and Westpac. Since then, the trailblazer group has grown to 30. "We've ...

Government to establish $1 bn National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... fund HESTA. Last year, the trust made a AU$6.7 million allocation to Horizon Housing, a community housing provider in Queensland. This investment will see the Trust partner with Horizon Housing to "finance the purchase of management rights for 995 existing ...

CEFC makes tenth large scale solar project allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $60 million to a 42.5MW solar farm in Queensland. The $100 million project, run by RATCH-Australia Corporation, will see the company redevelop a disused coal-fired power station at Collinsville ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens Good Money stores in Gold Coast, Cairns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance has opened up two branches of its Good Money retail stores in Queensland. Good Shepherd CEO Adam Mooney at announcement of new Good Money Centre in Morwell, Victoria. (photo courtesy of Good Shepherd Microfinance) One Good ...

Chart: CDP assessment of APRA-regulated entities' climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... evidence upon which to base an evaluation. In the Australian Climate Leadership Report 2016,CDP noted that Bank of Queensland, Glenworth Mortgage Insurance, Flexigroup and IOOF Holdings (among others in the financials industry sector) did not respond ...

Queensland Treasury Corporation issues $750m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
The Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) has issued an inaugural AUD$750 million, seven-year green bond certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative. Queensland State Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Curtis Pitt The QTC Green Bond has a ...

CEFC to work with SA government on battery finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... currently under consideration, including a Snowy Mountains Scheme 2.0, the proposed Kidston pumped hydro development in Queensland, the proposed Cultana pumped hydro project on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and potential improvements to Tasmania's ...

SVA launches South Australian homelessness social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... previously told The Sustainability Report that they aim to have SIBs operational in the second half of 2017. In 2015, the Queensland state government announced an allocation of AU$3 million to develop a pilot SIB program.