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Australia falls in EY renewable energy index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... government appears to have launched an all-out attack on the country's wind sector while apparently softening toward utility-scale solar,' EY said in the RECAI report. EY cited the government's draft directive prohibiting the Clean Energy Finance Corporation ...

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 ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... superannuation in one account," he said. "We want to double the size of the fund and then some, because we think it's important to scale the operations and prove to the naysayers that fossil fuel free investing is in demand. Our aim here is to see other ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... advisory firm JustInvest, based in Perth and board member of the Ethical Advisers' Co-op. JustInvest rates fund offerings on a scale of light, mid and dark-green, Baird said, but there isn't enough diversity in the dark-green category. "We have plenty ...

Epuron Energy expands Uterne Solar Plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia is obvious, and the CEFC stands ready to invest and help catalyse the finance required for the growth of utility-scale solar in Australia," said Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. "The construction of more large-scale solar capacity will help drive down ...

Teachers Mutual Bank cash product certified ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... million fund and has negative screens in place that prohibit using funds raised from lending to, or investing in, "large scale greenhouse gas polluting activities (from fossil fuel exploration, extraction, production and use)," according to Teachers ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... director - Australia and New Zealand, CDP. 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 fall squarely into ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Entering into a process of designing a social benefit bond model means not just finding the programs that have capacity to scale up, but also designing metrics to measure and evaluate success based on outcomes, not activity. "One of the critical areas ...

CEFC reports investing $500 million in last year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... barred from investing in new wind farms and roof-top solar ventures. The ministers have said the fund should focus on large-scale solar instead. "Receipt of the draft investment mandate does not impact on existing CEFC investments and co-financing programs," ...

CEFC provides $100m financing for Origin Solar Servicing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... "Working with the CEFC provides Origin with access to long-dated finance, which is beneficial for a solar program of this scale," Yates said. "This will assist Origin in expanding its roll out of solar and battery storage offerings to residential and ...