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New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... new offshore petroleum exploration acreage has been released. The areas off the coasts of Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and the Ashmore and Cartier Islands are up for bidding from December to 3 March 2022. Minister for resources, water and Northern ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... and have questions about their visa status, said Jannette Armstrong, executive director, farms, and state secretary, Tasmania at the United Workers Union. "Once they're armed with the information and knowledge, the next question is are those processes ...

UCA Funds Management rebrands as U Ethical, seeks growth, clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... Ethical began its history as UCA Funds Management, an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, providing investment management for charities, faith-based organisations and their members. But Browning said U Ethical is ...

CEFC takes $51m stake in Victoria's Kiamal Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... portfolio for the longer term." The CEFC's earlier equity investments include the Queensland's Ross River Solar Farm and Tasmania's Granville Harbour Wind Farm. "The successful Financial Close of Kiamal constitutes another important milestone in Total ...

CEFC reports 39 direct commitments worth $2.3 billion in FY18

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... financed more than 20 large-scale solar projects and more than 10 wind farms Australia-wide, the most recent investment in Tasmania's largest wind farm, at Granville Harbour, which closed just after year end. The CEFC also operates the Clean Energy Innovation ...

CEFC backs Granville Harbour Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Harbour Wind Farm. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The project will deliver a one third increase in Tasmania's wind capacity. It is a 112 MW project located on a 1,200 hectare cattle farm on Tasmania's west coast. Construction is ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... commitment to date is $19 million to help finance the development of Australia's first dementia village in Glenorchy Tasmania. The development is a partnership between HESTA, SVA, Glenview - a not-for-profit aged care provider, and the Commonwealth Government. ...

NAB sheds light on process of issuing green RMBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... were originated in the years according to the CBI standards, so 2004 for Sydney properties, 2011 for Melbourne, 2013 for Tasmania. It gave us a pool of mortgages we could include in the broader pool. The whole pool isn't green, but there are sufficient ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance launches Speckle, online cash-loan service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... policy advice on how it can be done, to bust the myths around the small credit market. We've been operating Speckle in Tasmania and Victoria for a few months, and we're approaching 100 loans through the pilot. Our own license is us walking the talk." ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... well as the carbon stored in wood products, New Forests said. Forico is the first to register a project in north-east Tasmania approved by the Clean Energy Regulator and a Carbon Abatement Contract secured at the latest ERF auction. Forico will pilot ...