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Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... through their funds, to take on Big Coal and force AGL to reckon with the future," he adds. "That means more renewable energy and less dirty, high-carbon fossil fuels. It also means protecting your super fund against company activities that threaten ...

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 ...

Australia falls in EY renewable energy index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Australia has tumbled out of the top ten in EY's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), due to policy changes that has slowed momentum in the market. Australia has fallen from 10 th to 13 th in the most recent RECAI. "Australia's government ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... regulatory policies around environmental standards and emission controls, and competition from natural gas and renewable energy," according to an alert written by MinterEllison partner Maged Girgis and MinterEllison special counsel Sarah Barker. "This ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... housing projects. Ted Dow, CEFC CIO CEFC's AU$250 million will complement AU$100 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The AU$350 million will go towards building at least four, and as many as 10 new large-scale solar funds. The ...

CEFC finances Ayers Rock Resort solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Resort. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO CEFC has committed AU$4.7 million in finance to renewable energy company Epuron, which will build the project across five Voyages resort sites. Ayers Rock Resort is managed by Voyages ...

Australia/NZ property companies, funds outperform: GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... GRESB that globally, there was a 3% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2014, a 50% increase in on-site renewable energy generation, and a 19% improvement in overall environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. This year, 707 companies ...

NZ responsible investment assets increase 10%: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... norms-based approach, which is unusual for this region, and they have investments in sustainably themed assets like renewable energy and low carbon. That seem to be the direction that the larger, more sophisticated, investors in Australia are going as ...

CEFC reports investing $500 million in last year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... "We have continued to act as a catalyst to increase investment in emissions reduction, by providing finance for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. During the year we were pleased to support the development of new financing and market delivery ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... market function, because goes into the way we price things." The hedge also had to take into account the price of renewable energy certificates generated by renewable energy output from the wind farms, as outlined in the Renewable Energy Target (RET). ...