The Commonwealth Bank and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have teamed up to offer businesses lower cost finance for energy efficient plant and equipment.
Institutional investors, councils and asset owners are exploring new ways to finance the task of ensuring infrastructure and property can withstand extreme weather, says Emma Herd of the Investor Group on Climate Change.
ARENA's new partnership with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation today led to the launch of a fund targeting start-ups, but the agency's future as a grant-maker remains uncertain.
The proportion of large companies that say government incentives have motivated their environmental improvements almost doubled over three years, new ABS data shows.
AGL has contracted to buy carbon credits created from tree plantings in Western Australia that have been certified under a well-known international offsets scheme.
In a sign of the growing sophistication of the carbon offsets market, a major ERF project developer has cut a deal with Macquarie Bank to offer easier access to finance.
A Melbourne City-led alliance has won draft ACCC approval for a renewables bulk-buy, seven councils are jointly tackling energy efficiency and the Municipal Association of Victoria is working with VicRoads on a plan to upgrade lights on major roads.