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Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  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. The government retained the Carbon Farming ...

bankmecu to participate in GABV bank investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... debt finance," Walsh said. "It depends on what local regulations for [recipient institions] say about equity and debt financing. We are well capitalised, so we wouldn't draw on the fund ourselves. We have started out as an investor with a modest amount ...

CEFC, CBA finance car dealership energy efficiency loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... solar PV installation at Col Crawford Lifestyle Cars (photo courtesy CEFC) Col Crawford Lifestyle Cars took out the financing, an initiative of the Commonwealth Bank and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Stage 1 of the project will include ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... issuing green bonds. "I think the first question I really look at with clients is, is the green bond the most appropriate financing structure," said Jenny Merkley, associate director climate change and sustainability group at KPMG in Australia. "They ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... last year - another Australian first - and puts NAB firmly at the forefront of product innovation and environmental financing," said Steve Lambert, NAB executive general manager for capital financing. "NAB is already the largest debt financier of renewable ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... loan but who still has a significant part of the debt in the big four banks, and who does not want to be exposed to the financing of fossil fuel projects." Future Home Loans cites data from environmental group 350 Australia, stating that since the Australian ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  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. The government retained the Carbon Farming ...

CEFC finances $20m in business energy improvements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Goulburn Valley first took out a loan in 2013 to finance refrigeration upgrades and is now taking out new AU$4.2 million in financing to install a fruit grader and solar PV to cut overall energy cost. In Wangaratta, fresh produce supplier Nu Fruit is ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The four largest banks in Australia have committed to improving their disclosure of how much of their financing operations go towards emissions-intensive assets, and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has said it will this year ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... account (SMA) based on Australian equities that are screened to eliminate fossil fuel exposures. SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has made a AU$800,000 impact investment financing deal with an Indigenous ...