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Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... disclosures to the annual general meeting (AGM). Last year, ACCR put a resolution to CBA, requesting the bank report on the financing of carbon emissions. CBA declined to put the resolution to shareholders, and the Federal Court on Friday ruled that ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... National Australia Bank (NAB), Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and ANZ Bank - to improve their disclosure around financing of carbon-intensive projects and assets. ACCR initially proposed to put resolutions to the annual general meetings at ...

CEFC reports investing $500 million in last year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... large-scale solar instead. "Receipt of the draft investment mandate does not impact on existing CEFC investments and co-financing programs," CEFC said in a statement about the proposed changes. "These and the CEFC's investment activities, including development ...

CEFC signs $50m asset financing agreement with Firstmac

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... for the adoption of low emissions and electric vehicles and solar and energy efficient equipment in buildings. "This financing program is available for a wide range of commercial activities, including manufacturing, logistics, agribusiness, retail and ...

CEFC provides $100m financing for Origin Solar Servicing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing a 12-year $100 million financing deal to Origin Energy, to support Origin's solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) to business and residential customers. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates With the CEFC finance ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... hedging out the risk of volatile earnings because of low output, wind farms can potentially access lower costs to debt financing, Summons noted. "Banks, I think it's fair to say, they struggle with getting across the risks to wind farms," he said. "What ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... to the businesses who invest in high efficiency and clean energy equipment." The CEFC-NAB program will also focus on financing purchases of equipment such as variable speed pumps for irrigation purposes, upgrades to industrial and commercial refrigeration ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... economic, social and environmental practices of water sectors in South Asia, as that lowers the risks associated with financing projects. Tonkin noted that the bank examines water-related projects on a case by case basis, in keeping with analysis of ...

GRESB issues real estate green bond guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... well as the environment," said Suzanne Buchta, head of Green Bonds Americas at Bank of America. "As a new source of financing linked to environmental impacts, Green Property Bonds have the potential to further enhance the sustainability performance of ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia, with 16% in Asia and 7% in New Zealand, White said. The current value of the assets potentially available for financing under the proceeds of hte bond is AU$1.1 billion, and ANZ could bring more assets into the green bond as the pool of assets ...