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Westpac Group issues $500m climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has issued an AU$500 million climate bond to fund renewable energy and low carbon commercial property in Australia. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The funds from the bond from the Westpac Climate Bond will be allocated to seven wind energy facilities ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... of FlexiGroup Limited. The AU$50 million green tranche is a Class A2-G note backed by solar PV receivables and is Climate Bond Certified by the Climate Bonds Standard Board based in London. It is the first ever transaction of its type in Australia. The ...

London Stock Exchange joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has joined the Climate Bonds Partnership Program, the first global stock exchange to do so. LSEG incorporates a number of exchanges including London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana, FTSE Russell Indexes, MillenniumIT ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The green bond/climate bond market is expected to continue strong growth in 2016, spurred on by commitments made in last year's COP21 Paris Agreement. Industry experts predict that Australia will also see issuance in 2016, but as in other regions, the ...

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... our engagement with an active participant on these critical issues." Norton Rose Fulbright has previously supported Climate Bond Initaitive events, including the State of the Market 2015 launch, noted Sean Kidney, CEO Climate Bonds Initiative. According ...

Global underwriters issue US$15bn in green bonds in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... tranche deal of â,¬0.5bn and $0.8bn ($1.3bn) issued by ING Bank; and a green bond totalling $1.25bn from EDF, the Climate Bond Initiative said. "Top of the Q4 table is Credit Agricole CIB with its total Q4 underwriting deals of $994m dominated by issuances ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors and other stakeholders have made commitments to support the further development of green bonds as part of the activity needed to achieve climate change goals arising form the Paris Climate Summit (COP21). Twenty seven global ...

Ernst & Young joins Climate Bonds Initiative as partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Ernst & Young (EY) has become a Climate Bonds Partner. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader EY will work with the Climate Bonds Initiative to mobilise capital markets for climate change solutions, said Matthew Bell, Oceania ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Technical Working Group have released the Low Carbon Transport Standard for climate bonds. The proposed Low Carbon Transport criteria uses universal GHG emission thresholds defined on a per passenger-km ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... are seeking certification, Fowler said. "We're also seeing certification become more important," Fowler said. "The Climate Bond Initiatives is releasing version 2.0 of standards on the certification scheme in October - later this month, and we're getting ...