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Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... loan but who still has a significant part of the debt in the big four banks, and who does not want to be exposed to the financing of fossil fuel projects." Future Home Loans cites data from environmental group 350 Australia, stating that since the Australian ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... fall below the baseline may have the opportunity to sell their abatement to the government. The EFR will serve as a financing pool for entities to bid for funding to support their emissions reduction activities. The government retained the Carbon Farming ...

CEFC finances $20m in business energy improvements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Goulburn Valley first took out a loan in 2013 to finance refrigeration upgrades and is now taking out new AU$4.2 million in financing to install a fruit grader and solar PV to cut overall energy cost. In Wangaratta, fresh produce supplier Nu Fruit is ...

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 ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... account (SMA) based on Australian equities that are screened to eliminate fossil fuel exposures. SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has made a AU$800,000 impact investment financing deal with an Indigenous ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund launches Solar Finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) is targeting business owners in a campaign to advise them of financing options for cost-effective solar installation. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund SMF's Solar Finance program uses the established ...

KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... of our growth strategy." The KKR growth capital will be invested to scale Sundrop Farms' operations in Port Augusta, financing a 20-hectare greenhouse facility that will produce more than 15,000 tonnes of vegetables annually. Sundrop Farms also has plans ...

Australian Ethical invests in NAB climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... renewable energy facilities. The NAB Climate Bond is a senior unsecured NAB corporate bond, with "proceeds ring-fenced for financing a portfolio of renewable energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia ...

NAB issues $150m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... renewable energy facilities. The NAB Climate Bond is a senior unsecured NAB corporate bond, with "proceeds ring-fenced for financing a portfolio of renewable energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia ...

CEFC looks to increase investment in bioenergy projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... sectors including manufacturing, agriculture, horticulture, utilities and local government." The CEFC is capable of financing bioenergy projects such as converting food and meat processing waste into biogas, producing ethanol from bagasse and creating ...