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CEFC finances $20m in business energy improvements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... 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 installing 100KW of solar PV to generate ...

Five investors join initiative to grow green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... under the Climate Bonds Standards, with proceeds to finance a portfolio of renewable energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, NSW and the ACT, NAB said. The Investor Statement ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund launches Solar Finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) is targeting business owners in a campaign to advise them of financing options for cost-effective solar installation. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund SMF's Solar Finance program uses the established ...

KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... KKR said. Sundrop Farms grows crops in glasshouses using proprietary technology. The "Sundrop System" uses concentrated solar power to create heat, electricity, and desalinated water for the agribusiness's operations. "We grow food where land is too ...

Australian Ethical invests in NAB climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... corporate bond, with "proceeds ring-fenced for financing a portfolio of renewable energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, NSW and the ACT," NAB said. Australian Ethical ...

NAB issues $150m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... corporate bond, with "proceeds ring-fenced for financing a portfolio of renewable energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, NSW and the ACT," NAB said. Fourteen of the facilities ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... million fund over time. These are attractive investment opportunities. If you're looking for growth in utilities, look at solar and look at wind." Scale and collaboration matters in other areas of ESG-related response - Gordon Hagart, chief executive ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... to receive 5-star NABERS ratings across the portfolio, without green power," Edwards said. "We have installed our first solar project and have 850kw of solar in the tendering process at the moment - those represent major shifts in direction in the business. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Potential investments include "energy efficiency aggregation financing programs focused on small to mid-sized business, rooftop solar PV financing, bioenergy and waste-to energy projects" and cover "transport, storage and remote and end-of-grid power ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... across environmental engineering, environmental management, environmental studies, environmental science, photovoltaics and solar energy. "Our big contribution is in the education and research space- and I think that's not something that is perfectly ...