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AMP Capital, CSIRO back renewable energy tech startup Evergen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... has a strong interest in commercial properties, and in fact the technology has been tested at CSIRO to test in commercial scale deployments."

First State Super's Brandweiner jumps to LeapFrog Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... work with Richard and the team at LeapFrog to develop investment vehicles that will deliver on this objective on a global scale whilst generating strong investment returns for our members.' Damian Graham will be appointed as First State Super's acting ...

QIC invests $800m in Powering Australian Renewables Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... invested AU$800 million alongside AGL Energy in the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF), a AU$2 -3 billion large-scale renewable energy fund. AGL's Broken Hill Solar Plant (photo courtesy AGL) QIC has invested the AU$800 million on behalf of clients ...

ARENA provides $9.9 million funding to New Gullan Range Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing AU$9.9 million in funding to support a AU$26 million large-scale solar farm to be co-located with a wind farm. A 10MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant will be built next to the existing Gullen ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... that was popular pre-2007. It is originated as a loan, we will warehouse it for two or so years, and it if works, we will scale it up, the program will get bigger and that's a good time to go out for more money. This is something we'll revisit around ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... climate-aligned fixed income, despite the capacity constraints in the labelled market. "Clearly, the first statistic is the scale of climate-aligned bonds available to investors who want a greater exposure to investment grade bonds where the proceeds ...

90% of ASX200 companies report on sustainability: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... overall ASX200 by number were assessed as either "no reporting" or "basic." "As you get improvement at the top, the whole scale changes effectively and expectations increase alongside of that," Davidson said. "If you look at the report, and the charts ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... where do they go," Muchall said. "There is a significant body of work going on to addressing this question at a much grander scale and with the more advanced granularity that sII really want to see. The measures we have are generally pretty simplistic." ...

ARENA funds Southern Oil Refining biofuel lab pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... renewable diesel and jet fuels from plant material. The project will "inform the feasibility and design of a proposed commercial scale biorefinery," according to ARENA. Southern Oil Refining announced plans to build the AU$16 million biofuel pilot plant ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership, collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... pointed to the GRI's role in mobilising and reaching out to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as part of their work to scale up collective efforts. "Increasing transparency of information is essential for building trust in both emerging and developed ...