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ARENA, CEFC back Barcaldine Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) are providing funding towards the construction of Barcaldine Regional Community Solar Farm in Queensland. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has developed a new AU$250 million program to encourage Australian councils to invest in technologies to increase their energy efficiency and lower emissions. The CEFC Local Government Finance Program will ...

Mirvac marks strategic process in 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Property developer Mirvac is continuing to implement its sustainability strategy by working towards a plan to shape the future of place, conducting an analysis of its supply chain and assessing its community impact in the 2014/2015 financial year. Paul ...

Queensland government approves Clare Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Queensland state government has approved the construction of a AU$400 million solar farm development at Clare in the Burdekin Shire. The decision, announced by Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, minister for local government and planning, will see the ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers Group has highlighted improvements in worker safety and diversity measures as well as increasing transparency in its retail chains' supply chain in its 2015 sustainability report. Kate Chaney, sustainability manager corporate affairs, Wesfarmers ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide financing of up to AU$30 million to the City of Melbourne for a number of projects to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) ...

VicSuper publishes annual report using GRI, IR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund VicSuper reported assets under management of AU$15 billion and an 11.1% net return on its default MySuper growth option as part of its 2014/2015 annual report. The superannuation fund used the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 reporting ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
China has grown into being a leader on climate change through a combination of domestic pressures and moral concerns, said Professor Qi Ye, director of Brookings Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy. Prof Qi Ye, director of Brookings Tsinghua Centre for ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra are among a group of global cities to set renewable energy targets, but overall, Latin American and European cities are the least reliant on fossil fuels for electricity, according to a new study by CDP and AECOM. According ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will commit AU$250 million to construction of large-scale solar finance and up to AU$60 million to environmentally friendly social and affordable housing projects. Ted Dow, CEFC CIO CEFC's AU$250 million will ...