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Carnegie Wave Energy installs first CETO 5 unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... operation of CETO 5 marks the completion of a critical phase in Carnegie's evolution and culmination of 3 years of design, financing, development and construction," said Michael Ottaviano, Carnegie's managing director. "It is also now the start of a ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... credentials, rather than the other way around." Millais noted that the bank's policies around sustainability extend beyond not financing projects that generate large-scale greenhouse gas pollution. "It's one more piece of our sustainability credentials ...

CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... annual report. During the 2013/2014 year, CEFC contracted 40 direct investments and 25 projects were developed under co-financing programs. The portfolio has a diverse mix of investments - 62% represent renewables, 30% in energy efficiency and 8% in ...

Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  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. Under the proposed compromise legislation ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... MiHaven are also subdividing the land and building a new property, and we've funded that part of it as well." SEFA's financing for King St Haven will go towards the purchase of a residential property to be used for temporary crisis accommodation, Gales ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... investors representing more than US$2 trillion in assets under management have committed to expanding the global market financing climate change solutions. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The signatories to the Investor Statement on Green ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... would provide financial support to social impact organisations that have a business model and are still preparing for financing. NAB Executive General Manager Debt Markets Steve Lambert is also on the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia considers its version of EUAs, called building upgrade finance, Bocskay is hopeful that increased volume of financing deals, both larger and smaller, will result. "This is a learning curve," he said. "When we started this journey in 2008 in ...

World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The world's six multilateral development banks will continue to "reinforce and further develop climate financing" ahead of the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Summit later this month. The African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development ...

NY's EIC on residential, commercial property energy upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The state of New York is leveraging innovative clean energy financing vehicles and community outreach to fund clean energy and energy efficiency projects in both commercial and residential properties. The Energy Improvement Corporation (EIC ) operates ...