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CEFC commits up to $125m in Qualitas property debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made an investment of up to $125 million in a new property debt fund designed to finance the construction and management of energy efficient, low emissions build-to-rent (BTR) residential buildings. Ian ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Frasers Property Australia has established its first Sustainable Finance Framework, defining an entire portfolio of sustainable assets and designed to support sustainability-linked bonds and loans. Anthony Boyd, chief financial officer, Frasers Property ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... water neutrality through the three-stage redevelopment project of Younghusband. The first stage of the development is an upgrade to the heritage wool store, providing a total lettable area target above 17,800 sqm, split across commercial, co-working ...

QIC Shopping Centre Fund issues $300m certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... is the Green Bond Arranger and joint-lead underwriter, and the bond has been certified under the Low Carbon Buildings (Upgrade) Criteria. "We are continuing to progress opportunities to align QSCF's capital management strategy, that seeks to diversify ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... that allows commercial, office, and industrial buildings to retrofit projects for energy sustainability. Environmental Upgrade Agreements (EUAs) are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Willis Towers Watson and MSCI have developed a new capped index strategy that integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within the investment process. said Louise Lew, head of sustainability, Australia, Willis Towers Watson The Adaptive ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Australian companies continue to improve their sustainability reporting, with focus on environmental issues such as climate change and water, however there are still laggards that are not reporting sufficiently or at all on sustainability issues, according ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... earnings and activities, Smith said. "The Alphinity process overall looks at companies that are reasonably valued and in an upgrade cycle," Smith said. "If we can get companies that are doing good in an upgrade cycle, we are pretty happy with that." ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs large-scale solar developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... is financing clean energy improvements to two Adelaide buildings, under the South Australian Government's new Building Upgrade Finance (BUF) initiative. The buildings are the YourDC data centre, a 6,000 square metre specialist facility in suburban Edinburgh ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest $200 million into QIC's Global Real Estate flagship Shopping Centre Fund (QSCF) with the goal of improving energy performance across the QSCF shopping centre portfolio. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean ...