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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 ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... compared to the overall bond universe - which stands at US$90 trillion, and is still a drop in the bucket compared to the financing needs to contain global warming to less than two degrees Celsius. The report cites a figure from the International Energy ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... and UNEP FI's efforts to make financial flows consistent with the needed limitation of greenhouse emissions and the financing of climate resilient development." Cbus has signed other international ESG and responsible investment agreements, including ...

CEFC provides $68m finance to Geelong office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... viable and the uptake gets greater." The CEFC was able to offer Quintessential Equity a longer term offering for this financing deal, McCartney said. Achieving the extra NABERS half-star will result in an additional 25% decrease in carbon emissions ...