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TCorp NSW issues $1.3 billion green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... domestically and offshore - an excellent achievement and testament to the fact that investors are focused on high quality, sustainable investing over the longer term." The Green Bond proceeds are earmarked to finance green assets that appear in the inaugural ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... McDonald said. "We are still committed to providing our members in these options with the best possible long-term sustainable returns. "'Just like our members' interests and values change, our products and services need to change with them, and that ...

RIAA adviser guide aims at education in ESG space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... advisers to make sure that the clients coming thru the door and saying they're interested are connected to the right sustainable products." Pettigrew said there has been strong demand for products that have been certified as responsible by RIAA on the ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability practice, working for public and private sector clients on climate risk, renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable finance. Prior to that, he was executive director of Climate Strategies, and senior strategy manager at Carbon ...

Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... tricky because everybody's values are different. Then you're going to have to define responsible investing, or sustainable investing or whatever label you want to call it." Adding a further level of complexity is the fact that there is not one ...

Investors, assemble: Climate League launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... commitment, spearheaded by its investment team. The goal is to establish clear frameworks and policies to guide and support sustainable decision-making processes that are designed to mitigate climate change risk exposure and help meet the net zero by ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... of financing mechanisms to drive investment decision making and capital allocation around building low carbon and sustainable infrastructure, business practices and operating models." The report also notes that investors and lenders are increasingly ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Retail investment in sustainable financial products rose to $19.9 billion by the end of June 2020, a 21% increase on the previous year, according to research from Morningstar. Morningstar recently released a report, Sustainable Investing Landscape for ...

Fund manager creates, hires for ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... to more deeply integrate ESG-related matters across its domestic and global equities funds, including the Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund. Cairns comes to Alphinity from Transurban, where she was senior sustainability advisor. In that role, she was ...

Super fund ESG option tops charts with investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... option to invest in companies focused on addressing environmental issues and opportunities, as a positive screened sustainable option for members," UniSuper said in a statement to FS Sustainability. The Global Environmental Opportunities fund has performed ...