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Teachers Mutual Bank joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... sustainable bank, including microfinance banks in emerging markets, credit unions, community banks and sustainable banks financing social, environmental and cultural enterprises. The group sponsors a number of initiatives, including the Sustainability ...

CEFC invests $150m in solar projects in regional NSW

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... value of $230 million. They are the first three projected to receive debt finance under the CEFC's large scale solar financing program, and collectively are the CEFC's most substantial commitment to large-scale solar to date, the CEFC said. The projects ...

University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... energy sources - there are a set of projects under the loan we have taken out with CEFC and those projects are self-financing over a period of time." The university is also looking at potentially issuing a green bond to finance additional projects. "When ...

Barcaldine Remote Community Solar Farm begins energy generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... a grant of AU$22.8 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and AU$20 million in debt financing from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The Barcaldine Remote Community Solar Farm is expected to reach full generation ...

CEFC, Commonwealth Bank launch energy efficient finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... technologies." Businesses are showing interest in using energy efficient vehicles or equipment. The CEFC cites the CommBank Asset Financing Australia (AFA) Index Report 2016, conducted by East & Partners, which shows that out of a survey of more than ...

GRESB updates Green Bond Guidelines for the Real Estate Sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... as green bonds, used to fund environmentally-friendly projects, have emerged as a market-driven way of bridging the financing gap by directing capital to companies with projects that can slow carbon emissions as we work to avoid environmental catastrophe." ...

AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... 30 investors and 24 insurers. The report found that 31% of the institutions factored climate change risks into their financing operations. Sixty one percent of banks referred to green products and 56% provided some quantification of their exposure. Additionally ...

IGCC, others organisations press G20 countries to ratify Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... mechanism; an integrated approach to energy sector transition; long-term certainty and funding for clean energy public financing vehicles; a National Adaptation Action Plan to reduce the cost of climate change, and a disclosure framework for climate-related ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Renew Financial, a California-based clean energy financing company, is bringing the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing model to multiple states in the US, and enabling financing for residential and commercial renewable energy and water ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Community Support Organisation (ACSO), arbias and the NSW government and will be jointly financed by ACSO and NAB. The financing from NAB is initially structured as a loan for a period of two years, and should the program prove successful and scalable ...