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Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... York to France and Australia. "For the moment there is only a modest market of bonds linked to energy efficiency, but large-scale improvements in energy usage are essential for a transition to a low-carbon economy, both to quickly reduce emissions and ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... significantly reduce the total energy consumption of buildings exist, however current policy and voluntary measures have failed to scale up capital investment in low carbon technologies in the real estate sector," Bosteels said in a statement accompanying ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... integrate ESG into their investment portfolios, but one large barrier for institutional investors is the lack of issuance scale. "The biggest issue I suppose for green bonds is that there needs to be much more traction and momentum," said Helga Birgden ...

AGL Energy, First Solar granted $130m for solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... recommendations for funding under the Solar Flagships program. "At the end of the day it all comes down to cost, and if large scale solar is going to succeed in Australia it has to be cost competitive." Ferguson said. "We have seen the cost of solar ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... countries at a supranational level, pointing to the ADB green bond which funds wind farms in China and Thailand's first large scale private solar powered project. "There is supranational issuance and projects that are going like Thailand and China, and ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
A debate has emerged over whether the federal government should wind back the Small Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) multiplier more quickly than the default timetable, with supporters saying that a potential oversupply in the number of SRES for ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... challenges our industry must overcome to develop new clean energy technologies such as wave power, geothermal and large scale solar energy," said Kane Thornton, CEC acting chief executive. "The report reveals a strong understanding of the complexities ...

Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... intensive phase of technology development, tenor of debt suitable for renewable energy infrastructure projects, smaller scale renewable energy projects, institutional investor allocations to clean energy/technology fund managers, competitively priced ...

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... play a role in aggregating smaller projects that would prove too difficult for large institutions to invest in because the scale is too minute. In its submission to the CVEFC review panel, Westpac noted that the majority of solar projects are around ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Mercer has rated strategies within its Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD) for ESG since 2008, using a four point scale in which 1 or 2 is considered "highly rated". The ratings reflect the extent to which portfolio managers integrate ESG factors ...