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Impact Investing Australia to develop Impact Capital Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... accelerate its development. Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia Late last year, Impact Investing Australia launched a blueprint for Impact Capital Australia (ICA), which is envisaged ...

ARENA selects 22 projects for $100m funding round

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... significantly below this threshold level. Selected participants included Origin Energy, Infigen Energy, Genex Power, Neoen Australia and others, with projects located in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. "ARENA received 77 ...

CEFC receives new investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) begins 2016 with a new investment mandate that will bring a new focus on "emerging and innovative clean energy technologies, energy efficiency and the built environment" to the AU$10 billion fund. The investment ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... is anticipated to uncover new opportunities and "make it easier to develop biomass generation and biofuel projects in Australia, said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "RIRDC will deliver a national database that brings together data on biomass resources ...

Workplace diversity a driver of innovation: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Workplace diversity and inclusion are drivers of innovation, according to Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia Picking up on the release of the government's National Innovation and Science Agenda, DCA pressed ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian industry fund with more than AU$6 billion in assets under management and more than 150,000 members, in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed on to the agreement, it is not expected to cause any immediate changes to the federal government's climate change ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... mitigation measures. As an example, the potential for broader use of savanna fire management methodologies developed in Australia was a theme that came out of discussions at a pre-COP21 event at UNESCO and other side-event discussions at COP21," Gerrard ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... of approximately 125% since 2008, and means that payday lenders represent 0.4% of the total consumer credit market in Australia. By way of comparison, ASIC notes the payday lending industry in the United Kingdom "is estimated to be writing £2.5 billion ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... to a sustainable bond product." RIAA is the peak industry body representing responsible and ethical investors across Australia and New Zealand. It has more than 160 members who collectively manage at least $1 trillion globally in assets under management. ...