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Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... royalties, fees, production entitlements, bonuses, dividends other than dividends paid to ordinary shareholders and infrastructure improvement payments. The legislation does not specify project-level reporting, but "the Government of Canada has repeatedly ...

CEFC looks to increase investment in bioenergy projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... creating biofuels from feedstock such as sorghum, wood waste, or straw and waste biomass. The CEFC can also finance infrastructure investments such as cogeneration facilities, storage, processing, refining, transportation, distribution and refueling ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... pointed to the CEFC's decision earlier this year to invest up to AU$80 million in an unlisted clean energy direct infrastructure fund managed by Colonial First State Global Asset Management. CEFC is be the initial cornerstone investor to the CFS Australian ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... non-profit organization that works to increase the scale and effectiveness of impact investing through building infrastructure and support of activities, education and research to accelerate the development of the impact investing industry. See Also ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... banking industry in Australi. Westpac noted that it has introduced reporting on the emissions intensity of its infrastructure and utilities portfolio and breakdowns of lending to the natural resources and CleanTech and environmental services sectors. ...

Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Institute (SIWI). The working group will look at investment areas including clean water projects, water treatment infrastructure, agricultural usage, storm and flood drainage and protection. The group will also look at energy efficiency thresholds required ...

Interest in green, social bonds continuing: JPMorgan Chase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... announced the state will issue the green bond to "provide funding for up to $60 million of critical wastewater infrastructure projects statewide through the State's Clean Water Program." Australian companies are issuing green bonds as well. Stockland ...

CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... global competitiveness of Australian science through the establishment of research precincts; and to major knowledge infrastructure projects such as the new research vessel," McKeon said.

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Asset Allocation including AP1, the Environment Agency, and AustralianSuper undertook a detailed analysis of its infrastructure assets and to establish criteria for selection of assets," she said. "The first study was considered a setting the ground ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Climate Bonds CEO. "The response to climate change also requires substantial investments in areas such as water infrastructure; adaptation measures for communities; and the climate-proofing of existing infrastructure. It requires a rapid transition to ...