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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 ...

Foresters Community Finance starts social entrepreneur fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has launched a fund aimed at providing financing for early stage social enterprises. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund is geared towards providing social enterprise entrepreneurs with access to capital for improving ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... lagged HSBC's estimated figures - HSBC cites the Climate Policy Initiative suggesting that there was US$364 billion in financing for the climate economy in 2010/2011. Climate negotiations in Warsaw this November will focus on mechanisms to deliver long-term ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... providing a finance vehicle for building upgrades with waste, water and energy reduction impacts. EUAs in Australia are financing agreements between a commercial building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting projects. ...

CEFC provides $75 million to Energy Developments Limited

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide AU$75 million in financing to Energy Developments Limited (EDL) for investment in projects to generate energy from waste coal mine gas and landfill gas and remote hybrid renewables projects. CEFC ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... that formal launch. As a result, within the first few days of the financial year, CEFC announced that it would provide financing for the construction and operation of a wind farm in Taralga, New South Wales and that it would participate in the refinancing ...