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Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities for lenders. Currently, bankmecu, NAB, Eureka Funds Management and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (formerly Low Carbon Australia) are finance providers in Melbourne. "The business opportunity here is that if EUAs become available ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... "And also it is a new market in its own right. So if our objective and the objective of governments is to leverage low carbon investment from the private sector so they do not have to pay for it all off their own balance sheet, what we should be doing ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... educational seminars through Westpac's Davidson Institution for Australian small business customers on managing in a low carbon economy. In terms of better financial futures, the bank said launched new initiatives such as Single Topic Personal Advice ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... report for the 2012/2013 financial year. The CEFC launched on 1 July, and incorporates the previous investments of Low Carbon Australia. The fund's mandate is to provide financing to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low emissions technologies. ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... reserves. The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) will invest in the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom Low Carbon Dioxide Equity Index Fund, which has been designed capture exposure to emerging markets whilst potentially lowering long-term ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... insurance for climate polices," as possible steps. This funding needs to be prioritised to leverage private capital into low carbon sectors and to contribute to the increasing costs of adaptation to climate change. Finally, HSBC recommends mainstreaming ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Business Australia. "A long term-price on carbon facilitates investment and supports the transition to low carbon economy. The second big thing is that there has been a substantial negative impact on businesses in the clean economy because ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... northern hemisphere autumn. "Solar energy seems like a straightforward fixed asset to include in our definition of a low carbon economy," said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO. "But we needed an expert working group to address questions around potential ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and a limit of pollution. You get the price signal throughout the economy, and it creates an incentive to switch to low carbon solutions. An annual cap on emissions will provide further confidence that we will meet targets." WWF-Australia has also explored ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... climate change in their research and selection process, through focus on themes such as energy, water or waste or through low carbon investing and investors need robust solutions. We ourselves have been putting significant effort, particularly in the ...