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CEFC to provide up to $30m financing to City of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide financing of up to AU$30 million to the City of Melbourne for a number of projects to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) ...

Climate Friendly certified a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Climate Friendly has become a certified B Corporation (B Corp) company. Climate Friendly provides carbon management solutions to businesses and households and engage in projects to reduce carbon emissions, provide clean energy sources and bring environmental ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s Vote Your Super initiative will rally support for resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra are among a group of global cities to set renewable energy targets, but overall, Latin American and European cities are the least reliant on fossil fuels for electricity, according to a new study by CDP and AECOM. According ...

Australia falls in EY renewable energy index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Australia has tumbled out of the top ten in EY's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), due to policy changes that has slowed momentum in the market. Australia has fallen from 10 th to 13 th in the most recent RECAI. "Australia's government ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
A lawsuit filed by members of US-based Arch Coal's corporate pension plan points to potential exposures of trustees who do not effectively consider changing risk and return impacts such as climate change, according to lawyers at MinterEllison. Maged ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will commit AU$250 million to construction of large-scale solar finance and up to AU$60 million to environmentally friendly social and affordable housing projects. Ted Dow, CEFC CIO CEFC's AU$250 million will ...

CEFC finances Ayers Rock Resort solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is financing the installation of 1.8MW of solar PV at the Ayers Rock Resort. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO CEFC has committed AU$4.7 million in finance to renewable energy company ...

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 ...

Australia/NZ property companies, funds outperform: GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Once again, Australia and New Zealand property companies and funds topped the list of the Global Real Estate Benchmark (GRESB). According to the 2015 report, Australia and New Zealand continue to "significantly outperform" other regions with an average ...