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Australian Unity launches green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... objective of the fund is to seek out new investors who want access to the green bond market. "We've been monitoring the development of this market, and given the high grade credit quality of the portfolio, we believe there is sufficient diversification ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... group on sustainable finance ( TEG ) has been looking at this area. It has established a green taxonomy, and led the development of indices with their report on green benchmarks," said Takaya Sekine, deputy head of quantitative research at Amundi. "You ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... private sector and jobs in developing countries affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, and on 27 March 2020, the African Development Bank issued a US$3 billion bond with a three year maturity under its social bond framework. Experts have previously told ...

Climate change and public health cannot be viewed in isolation: UNGCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... non-profits and universities, to advance corporate sustainability and the private sector's contribution to sustainable development. GCNA are not the only organisation to look at the intersection of climate change and public health. Last year, /climate-change-ageing-population-to-cause-twin-impacts-actuaries-institute/ ...

Climate change, unclear policy response pose investment risk: JANA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... currently announced policies, which would equate to 3 degree increase in global temperatures. The second, the Sustainable Development Scenario, models a more aggressive - and critically at this stage, hypothetical - policy response and emissions technology ...

HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
HESTA will reduce the absolute carbon emissions in its investment portfolios by 33% by 2030 and will move to net zero by 2050. Debby Blakey, CEO, HESTA The $52 billion industry superannuation fund will implement a Climate Change Transition Plan (CCTP) ...

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the SCC technology. We are excited to be able to support this innovative Australian agritech company in the further development of its technology."

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... assist in developing initiatives to grow investment in climate finance solutions, participate in different market development committees and help define policy agendas for sector, country and sub-national green bond development programmes. HKEX is one ...

EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... for seeing EdTech as an area of impact investing - access to quality education is the fourth of 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and SDG 4 focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities. ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... premiums) in 2018." The Insure Our Future campaign is a coalition of NGOs including 350.org, ClientEarth (UK), Foundation Development YES - Open-Pit Mines NO (Poland), Friends of the Earth France, Greenpeace, Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio ...