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HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... investing, Social Ventures Australia HESTA has allocated AU$6.7 million 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 ...

ARENA selects 22 projects for $100m funding round

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... 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 eligible EOIs and has selected 22 high merit projects ...

ARENA, CEFC back Barcaldine Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Finance Corporation (CEFC) are providing funding towards the construction of Barcaldine Regional Community Solar Farm in Queensland. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The AU$69 million Barcaldine Regional Community Solar Farm ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... solar PV, CEFC said. The take up has been strong, with finance projects principally in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, according to Paul Greenop, head of portfolio management at the CEFC. "In just five months, NAB customers have invested more ...

ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... 200MW of large-scale solar PV. The 77 EOIs are seeking approximately AU$1.1 billion in ARENA funding for projects in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, totalling more than AU$5.5 billion. The projects represent ...

CDP publishes Aust/NZ climate leaders report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Group, Transurban, Sydney Airport, Lend Lease, Coca Cola Amatil, James Hardie Industries, AusNet Services, Bank of Queensland, Harvey Norman, BlueScope Steel, Qube, Adelaide Brighton, Fairfax, GrainCorp and Macquarie Atlas Roads Group. Earlier this month ...

Queensland government approves Clare Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Queensland state government has approved the construction of a AU$400 million solar farm development at Clare in the Burdekin Shire. The decision, announced by Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, minister for local government and planning, will see the ...

Social Ventures Australia launch venture philanthropy fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Social Venture Australia (SVA) has launched a venture philanthropy fund for Queensland-based social-purpose organisations. Mark Herbertt, Social Ventures Australia Queensland director The Queensland venture philanthropy fund is designed to connect philanthropists ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental movement opposition are raising questions over the long term prospects and investment value of mining projects in Queensland, according to a recent report by MSCI. Chris Vernon, senior analyst at MSCI Australia, authored an issue brief ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Queensland state government has allocated AU$3 million to develop a pilot social benefit bond program in its budget this week. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia Queensland Treasury will be allocated AU$2 million over two years to ...