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ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... volumes and availalbi.lity of biomass for inclusion in the ARENA-supported Australian Renewable Energy Mapping Infrastructure (AREMI) platform. AREMI contains ARENA project information and shares mapping data and information with the renewable energy ...

ARENA, CEFC back Barcaldine Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia face a number of challenges with reliability and outages caused by network constraints and a lack of infrastructure," Frischknecht said. "There is a clear value proposition for large-scale solar in the Barcaldine area, which has an excellent ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Green Bonds Statement. "Enormous opportunity exists to deploy green bond financing, to renew existing, ageing urban infrastructure and also in emerging markets and economies that will be building new energy and urban networks in the coming years," said ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... bonds could finance heavy and light rail systems, electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, cycling and bus rapid transit infrastructure, so long as it meets the per passenger-km or the per tonne-km GHG emission threshold. The Climate Bonds Initiative predicted ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... and pollution, water themes, and multi-sector bonds. Fowler said there are expectations of more water and water-infrastructure assets-based bonds coming to market as municipalities see the value of green bonds. Looking locally, Australia is anticipated ...

Ausbil Investment Management hire Mans Carlsson-Sweeny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... where he was a senior ESG research analyst. He previously worked at Carnegie Investment Bank, Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund and Accenture. Ausbil cited his history of research covering the Australian market and insights into ESG issues. ESG ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... how you manage assets in FSS? A: We're evolving our capability to give us more ability to own assets directly in infrastructure, or property, or direct equities, and debt. We're building our operational platform to support that and we are structuring ...

First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... division of Blue Sky Alternative Investment. First State Super has done previous direct investments in real assets and infrastructure, but this is the first agriculture asset deal the fund has made. First State Super is open to exploring other assets ...

Investors launch GRESB Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
A group of institutional infrastructure investors have launched GRESB Infrastructure, a global sustainability benchmark for infrastructure assets. Investors including AIMCo, APG, ATP, Aviva Investors, CalPERS, Mirova, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... recording that's going to come out? To me, it mirrors the evolution as funds are going into private equity and infrastructure - it's a whole evolution of the more specialised reporting that gets asked for, and then that become a new service provider ...