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CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... initiatives," Hinwood said. "We're looking forward to drawing on our clean energy finance experience to help IFM drive carbon emissions reductions across its assets through an innovative approach to planning, construction and operations. "This is about ...

CEFC investing up to $100m in Lendlease-managed property fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The CEFC investment is targeting abatement of more than 40,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over the expected lifetime of the assets in the portfolio. The target of net zero is "well ahead" of the Australian Sustainable ...

CEFC provides $90m in financing to Mirvac for residential clean energy initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency measures from day one, these new homes can provide a lifetime of lower energy costs and lower carbon emissions for their residents. "Australians are world famous for our adoption of rooftop solar. When we use solar energy alongside ...

CEFC signs agreement with Metro Finance to launch green vehicle finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... National Transport Commission figures show that if Australian consumers had purchased vehicles with best-in-class carbon emissions in 2016, national average carbon emissions would have been reduced by 59%. Those figures don't include electric vehicles ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian households." The CBI Low Carbon Buildings criteria requires residential buildings to meet a net zero carbon emissions trajectory, aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial ...

South Pole Australia launches EcoAustralia biodiversity, carbon credit product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... carbon credits. EcoAustralia gives "organisations offsetting with this product the opportunity to compensate their carbon emissions and contribute to the regeneration and preservation of Australia's most vulnerable ecosystems," South Pole Australia said. ...

CEFC commits $30 million to Coleambally Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... expected to generate enough electricity to power more than 50,000 homes, while abating about 300,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually, the equivalent of taking 90,000 cars off the road. The project has contracted 70% of its output to EnergyAustralia. ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs large-scale solar developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... 375,000 average homes. It represents 1% of Australia's total electricity generation, and represents reduction in carbon emissions, of around 1.8 million tonnes annually. The CEFC committed $110 million in senior secured debt towards the 110MW Wemen Solar ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... commercial building energy consumption, and are a "relatively untapped opportunity" to reduce energy use and carbon emissions, said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "We have more than 1,750 shopping centres in Australia, and yet less than 10% of them have attained ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation publishes 2016/2017 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... makers, industry participants and other investors to augment analysis of the clean energy sector, drivers of carbon emissions and priority areas for investment, Skala noted. "During the past year, this has seen the CEFC work closely with the Australian ...