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CEFC provides finance to boost energy rating for Melbourne hotel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... to be operational by the end of 2019. "Our goal is to work across the entire property sector to deliver lower carbon emissions," said CEFC Property Lead Chris Wade. "Through our investments we are providing real life examples to property developers of ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... guidelines for disclosure of climate related risks. "We think the TCFD is a healthy shift away from purely looking at carbon emissions per se to looking at risk and opportunities," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We particularly like the idea of scenario analysis ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has evolved one of its international equities indices to reduce carbon emissions and reserves intensity by 50%. Susan Darroch, head of Global Equity BetaSolutions, Asia ex Japan, State Street Global Advisors The State ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... surveys, participants had reduced their corresponding water consumption by 0.5%, energy consumption by 1.1%, and carbon emissions by 2.2%. Australian commercial real estate organisations are at the forefront of GRESB, with a 2017 average score of 73 ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... initiatives," Hinwood said. "We're looking forward to drawing on our clean energy finance experience to help IFM drive carbon emissions reductions across its assets through an innovative approach to planning, construction and operations. "This is about ...

CEFC investing up to $100m in Lendlease-managed property fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The CEFC investment is targeting abatement of more than 40,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over the expected lifetime of the assets in the portfolio. The target of net zero is "well ahead" of the Australian Sustainable ...

CEFC provides $90m in financing to Mirvac for residential clean energy initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency measures from day one, these new homes can provide a lifetime of lower energy costs and lower carbon emissions for their residents. "Australians are world famous for our adoption of rooftop solar. When we use solar energy alongside ...

CEFC signs agreement with Metro Finance to launch green vehicle finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... National Transport Commission figures show that if Australian consumers had purchased vehicles with best-in-class carbon emissions in 2016, national average carbon emissions would have been reduced by 59%. Those figures don't include electric vehicles ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian households." The CBI Low Carbon Buildings criteria requires residential buildings to meet a net zero carbon emissions trajectory, aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial ...

South Pole Australia launches EcoAustralia biodiversity, carbon credit product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... carbon credits. EcoAustralia gives "organisations offsetting with this product the opportunity to compensate their carbon emissions and contribute to the regeneration and preservation of Australia's most vulnerable ecosystems," South Pole Australia said. ...

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Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

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Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

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