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ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... transparency. Last year, ACCR campaigned to get the four largest banks - National Australia Bank (NAB), Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and ANZ Bank - to improve their disclosure around financing of carbon-intensive projects and assets. ACCR ...

Financial System Inquiry recommends on impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... addressed a broad mission statement of laying out a blueprint for the next decade. The FSI report, chaired by former Commonwealth Bank chair David Murray, concluded that "clarifying some aspects of regulation would facilitate market development." The ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Westpac Institutional Bank were the joint-lead managers for this transaction. In 2013, Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society also created an AU$10 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the new Family ...

Interest in green, social bonds continuing: JPMorgan Chase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... finance clean water and drinking water projects. [Washington DC] Water and Sewer issued a 100-year green bond, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was back in the market with its second green bond issue, and just this week, the Metropolitan District Hartford ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... stock returns by 9.6%. The Australian companies represented on the Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014 are Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Dexus Property Group, Henderson Group, Insurance Australia Group, Investa Office Fund and National Australia ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM announce the results of the 2013 DJSI review. CBA was one of the largest additions to the DJSI this year, with Dow Jones ...

SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... allocation in the bond. A second SBB was also launched last year in New South Wales. Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society created an AU$10 million SBB funding the new Family Preservation Service. The Benevolent ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... cooperate otherwise the ATO does one thing and [the FSI] does another." In the FSI report, chaired by former Commonwealth Bank chair David Murray, the panel suggests that government could provide guidance to superannuation and philanthropic trustees ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... and land grabs, in which Oxfam presents evidence of claims that ANZ, Westpac, National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank "have backed companies that have contributed to illegal logging, forced evictions, inadequate compensation, food shortages ...

CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... National Australia Bank for Environmental Upgrade Agreements, up to AU$200 million jointly available through the Commonwealth Bank for Energy Efficient Loans, and AU$8 million in on-bill finance through Origin.