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AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... 30 investors and 24 insurers. The report found that 31% of the institutions factored climate change risks into their financing operations. Sixty one percent of banks referred to green products and 56% provided some quantification of their exposure. Additionally ...

IGCC, others organisations press G20 countries to ratify Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... mechanism; an integrated approach to energy sector transition; long-term certainty and funding for clean energy public financing vehicles; a National Adaptation Action Plan to reduce the cost of climate change, and a disclosure framework for climate-related ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Renew Financial, a California-based clean energy financing company, is bringing the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing model to multiple states in the US, and enabling financing for residential and commercial renewable energy and water ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Community Support Organisation (ACSO), arbias and the NSW government and will be jointly financed by ACSO and NAB. The financing from NAB is initially structured as a loan for a period of two years, and should the program prove successful and scalable ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... compared to the overall bond universe - which stands at US$90 trillion, and is still a drop in the bucket compared to the financing needs to contain global warming to less than two degrees Celsius. The report cites a figure from the International Energy ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... and UNEP FI's efforts to make financial flows consistent with the needed limitation of greenhouse emissions and the financing of climate resilient development." Cbus has signed other international ESG and responsible investment agreements, including ...

CEFC provides $68m finance to Geelong office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... viable and the uptake gets greater." The CEFC was able to offer Quintessential Equity a longer term offering for this financing deal, McCartney said. Achieving the extra NABERS half-star will result in an additional 25% decrease in carbon emissions ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives ARENA grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Shepparton City Council have established EUAs. "The key to success here is demonstrating a number of things - one that financing renewable energy upgrades with EUAs is easy if you're a tenant, and second that EUAs apply to a multitude of different commercial ...

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Bonds CEO. "We are looking forward to working with Strasser Capital and MEP Werke in stimulating innovative asset backed financing programmes, ones that promote depth in the green bond market of Europe's largest economy," Kidney said. "Hopefully this ...

IGCC outlines climate change policy priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... mechanism An integrated approach to energy sector transition Long-term certainty and funding for clean energy public financing vehicles A National Adaptation Action Plan to reduce the cost of climate change A disclosure framework for climate-related ...