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Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... eligible, such as in countries with a very high carbon electricity grid, Climate Bond Standard said. "Current transport financing practices are unfit to meet 21st century needs," Replogle said. "As much as US$700 billion is spent annually subsidizing ...

Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... If environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs) are expanded to encompass commercial properties across Victoria, the EUA financing vehicle could generate AU$4.5 billion of commercially attractive investment and create over 18,000 jobs, according to new research. ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities, Fabian said. The CEFC also represents "an objective third party" in presenting investment opportunities, and co-financing institutions offer the potential of earning financial returns for governments and delivering abatement at negative ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... "champion" within Westpac assisted the foundation in getting approval for the business transaction, which required debt financing. Debt is "a dirty word" for NGOs, Petch said, and on the bank's side, required a high level of due diligence before approval. ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... as-yet-to-be-determined 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 terms of reference ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... launched on 1 July, and incorporates the previous investments of Low Carbon Australia. The fund's mandate is to provide financing to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low emissions technologies. It was funded with AU$10bn and announced as part ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Melbourne and the Sustainable Melbourne Fund are reaching out to advise non-residential commercial building owners of financing options for cost-effective solar installation. Scott Bocskay Recently, the City of Melbourne hosted a workshop designed to ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Flensborg, SEB's green bonds lead. "For the first time ever, I think, we see mainstream portfolios engaging in climate financing in a direct and thoughtful manner - the work done by The World Bank and other early issuers have enabled this activity and ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... profile of investments. 'What we're really clear about with investors is that we apply a strict due diligence process to financing and we have the capital warranty units, and that these two things in conjunction de-risk the proposition." Foresters have ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... social benefit bonds as an example of an initiative that attracts attention and controversy. Social benefit bonds are financing vehicles issued by government entities to fund social program development. The government pays back the value of the bonds ...