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VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... discrete and contained nature of the issue." VFMC's clients include Emergency Services and State Super (ESSSuper), the Transport Accident Commission, Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, WorkSafe, Rental Tenancies Board Authority - part of the Department ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The four largest banks in Australia have committed to improving their disclosure of how much of their financing operations go towards emissions-intensive assets, and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has said it will this year ...

CEFC looks to increase investment in bioenergy projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is looking to expand its investments in bioenergy technologies, according to Ted Dow, CEFC CIO. Ted Dow, CEFC CIO Currently, bioenergy investments at the CEFC stand at 10% or AU$100 million of the overall ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... are essential to reduction of carbon emissions. We could work with suppliers to power companies. We could work with transport companies - there could be a whole host of things and a number of different ways to attack that issue." Dow pointed to the CEFC's ...

CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... focused on small to mid-sized business, rooftop solar PV financing, bioenergy and waste-to energy projects" and cover "transport, storage and remote and end-of-grid power solutions," according to CEFC. The CEFC also said it will "support the Australian ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency across the economy, a nearly carbon free power system and switching to low carbon energy sources in transport, buildings and industry," Skarbek said. "Taking the carbon out of our electricity system provides the largest reduction in ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... year, including working with organizations making commitments in other workstreams of the UN Summit - cities, low-carbon transport, clean energy. That applies to emerging as well as developed markets," said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO. "The response ...

ARENA fund Laing O'Rourke redeployable solar hybrid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... mining operations is the "permanent nature of fixed framed solar installations," ARENA said. "The plant will consist of transport-friendly container-sized modules, including a control centre and inverters with external, pre-wired connections to allow ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... outstanding, and now it's $35bn outstanding issuance." The report breaks climate-themed bonds down into seven categories - transport, energy, climate finance, buildings and industry, agriculture and forestry, waste and pollution control, and water. Transport ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... range of impacts as the result of climate change. Some of the common impacts include damage to property, capital and non-transport infrastructure. But cities also reported social impacts like public health that could also affect companies' workforce ...