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ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... projects and investments in biomass and bioenergy - last year, ARENA provided AU$5.2 million in funding to Renergi for a pilot scale biofuel project. The pilot is intended to produce simple, cost effective renewable energy from biomass, and was scheduled ...

ARENA, CEFC back Barcaldine Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... 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 solar resource and experiences voltage and frequency control issues ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... meet individual country targets," Kidney said in a separate statement. "There is clear interest amongst policy makers to scale green bond markets. Here at COP21 green bonds are being identified as a potential new source of climate finance for cities ...

ACSI annual report outlines 2015-2018 strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... agenda - "an increased focus on financial system-level advocacy and engagement, both in Australia and internationally"; and scale and alignment - "a measured expansion in ACSI's membership base, through a broadening of membership eligibility beyond ACSI's ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Separately, the CEFC has reported that the have provided more than AU$50 million in finance to Australian agribusiness and small-scale manufacturing companies in five months. The CEFC has provided AU$120 million to the National Australia Bank's Energy ...

ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) received 77 eligible expressions of interest (EOIs) for an AU$100 million large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) competitive round. The round was announced on 9 September 2015, and was tailored to bring down costs ...

CDP Names Climate A List in 2015 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... national and international level that will support them in this regard and will catalyse participation from industry at scale." According to the data collected by CDP, 94% of board or senior management have responsibility for climate change, 75% have ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... reality is that the impact investment industry is still very nascent and still isn't intuition-ready because of a lack of scale and a lack of liquidity and a lack of intermediaries. The role that FSS is trying to play is to ask how can we work together ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... board to use its wisdom to provide prediction, and you want the board to be able to challenge the organisation about how to scale its activities. The skills and capabilities around the boardroom table should allow the board to address those three dimensions ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... previously told The Sustainability Report. In 2014, AGL was scored a 92 out of a possible 100 for disclosure and a B out of a scale of A to E for performance around climate change risks. CDP's scoring and analysis of AGL's disclosures falls squarely ...