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Bondor, QUT partner on sustainable building material project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... temperature, electrical circuits, thermal imaging and air tightness to review the benefits of building products and construction methods to promote sustainable living, QUT and Bondor said. The two have collaborated on two previous projects. The project's ...

NAB issues $150m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Tasmania, Western Australia, NSW and the ACT," NAB said. Fourteen of the facilities are in operation, and three are under construction, and all 17 are project finance facilities originated and serviced by NAB, the bank said. "This provides investors ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... companies in the available credit universe are given a sustainability rating which is incorporated into the portfolio construction process. The ranking process assesses the impact of the company's operation on metrics such as wellbeing and sustainability ...

Carnegie Wave Energy installs first CETO 5 unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... completion of a critical phase in Carnegie's evolution and culmination of 3 years of design, financing, development and construction," said Michael Ottaviano, Carnegie's managing director. "It is also now the start of a new phase as we learn as much ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... signed its largest single community housing finance deal, providing AU$61 million in debt finance to SGCH for the construction of 275 new dwellings in the Sydney metropolitan region. SGCH is one of the largest community housing providers in Australia ...

ARENA, NT government fund $55m PV project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... more diverse, secure energy mix for off-grid communities, and will also create local jobs and boost skills during construction and operation." The majority of the installations will achieve 15% diesel fuel replacement using an aggregate 9 MW solar PV ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... illness. SEFA has allocated "over AU$500,000" to each of the three projects, said Ben Gales, SEFA CEO. MiHaven is a construction company that trains "indigenous people to build affordable but attractive and durable cyclone rated housing and providing ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... year, Cbus Super said it would prioritise suicide prevention and intervention initiatives geared towards low-skilled construction workers after receiving the results of a study into suicide rates in the construction industry. The study conducted by the ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... dimensions of risk and return, and exposure to volatility concepts.... We are not singly focused on ESG portfolio construction. ESG needs to be on the table with the construction concepts of risk and return. It is part of the conversation, but doesn't ...

AMP Capital invests in Alterra Power Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... of equity interests in four renewable energy projects, and Alterra will use the proceeds to fund development and construction costs and sponsor equity contributions for the Jimmie Creek hydro and Shannon wind projects and for other general corporate ...