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CEFC launches $250m Community Housing Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Housing Providers will also be able to access finance to retrofit existing buildings, through measures such as switching to LED lighting, updating household appliances, installing solar panels and improving insulation, the CEFC said. "Community housing ...

Mirvac to build industrial estate with sustainability features

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... necessarily be retrofitted. "We are going back to a lot of our existing estates and buildings and retrofitting things like LED technology," he said. "That's obviously come a long way in the last 24 months, and it's all about bang for buck. LED has got ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... renewables to manage the transition to a low-carbon economy in the future, and those sorts of things that have shifted and led us to make the decision," he said. See Also: Australian Ethical launches Emerging Companies Fund

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... documentation provided to The Sustainability Report, Walsh noted in each letter to Money3 and Cash Converters that the coalition led by UCA Funds Management "wish to improve standards for borrowers that take out Small Amount Credit Contracts (SACCs) ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... projects," McCartney said. "For example, there are clear benefits to councils from converting street lighting to more efficient LED lighting, as well as installing rooftop solar PV on council-owned buildings. The CEFC has identified energy from waste ...

RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... institutional uptake of ESG as a strategy. What we're starting to see and what will define the sector going forward is the consumer-led demand, which we've seen rise up broadly." Responsible investment assets reached AU$630 billion in assets, while core ...

Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... emissions tests on its diesel cars, plus other worldwide trends such as stewardship codes in the UK and Japan and industry-led initiatives in the US and other markets to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) in their governance policies ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Capital Declaration is a private sector initiative that has been endorsed by 43 financial institutions. It is a global finance-led initiative convened by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... more than double between now and 2050," said Heather Allen, technical working group member, Transport Research Laboratory. "Led by growth in Asia, in particular China and India, road and rail freight volumes alone are expected to increase by 230% and ...

CEFC to provide up to $30m financing to City of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... courtesy City of Melbourne) Of the AU$30 million, AU$14.8 million will be spent replacing public lighting with energy efficient LED bulbs; AU$10 million will go to the Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) to fund more environmental upgrade agreements, AU$800,000 ...