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CEFC, Commonwealth Bank launch energy efficient finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... machinery and fixtures that meet the CEFC's investment guidelines. The finance will provide a 0.70% discount on the bank's standard asset finance rate for assets ranging between AU$10,000 to AU$5 million, "where the asset's technologies meet the CEFC's ...

Ethical Investment Week to bust the ethical investment return myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... "I'm seeing a lot when I go to financial planning lunches and it comes up - the questions of ethics come up a lot from standard advisers, which is great." Retail and individual investors are most curious about fossil fuel free investment options and ...

Principles for Responsible Investment name Matt McAdam Australian head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... providers. There are a total of 1560 signatories. Prior to joining PRI, Matt was associate director of communications at Standard & Poor's in London, where he managed communications and media relations across S&P's credit ratings, indices, equity and ...

AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
The Asian-Pacific financial industry has made a "significant shift" towards embedding climate risk and responsible investment into core business, but more work is needed in the region, according to a new report from the new Asia Investor Group on Climate ...

International Integrated Reporting Council hires Richard Howitt as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... for his leadership as outgoing CEO. IIRC was founded in 2011 as a global coalition of regulators, investors, companies, standard setters, the accounting profession and NGOs and has developed the principles of Integrated Reporting.

IGCC, others organisations press G20 countries to ratify Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and five other global organisations have written to the heads of the G20 countries to urge them to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC IGCC, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate ...

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... purchased electricity, heat or steam with the exception of data centre emissions, in line with the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard. However, the bank has not set a target for Scope 3 emissions - emissions down the value chain. The bank said it didn't ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Australian companies are relatively transparent when it comes to disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, while other countries in Asia lag in the amount and quality of their disclosures, according to the Asia Pacific head ...

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... building in Geelong, to stretch the design of the $120m 14-level commercial office tower to a market leading 5.5 star standard under the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS). In terms of new sources of capital, CEFC made a AU$100m ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... efficiency, reneable energy, public transport and water treatment, TCV said. The But is rated AAA (negative outlook) by Standard & Poor's and Aaa (stable) by Moody's Investor Services. "TCV is pleased to be the first semi sovereign issuer in the world ...