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Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Katherine Christ of the University of South Australia and Roger Burritt of the Australian National University Dr Katherine Christ and Professor Roger Burritt Roger Burritt, ANU ...

University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... CEFC and those projects are self-financing over a period of time." The university is also looking at potentially issuing a green bond to finance additional projects. "When we did our US private placement to raise the equivalent of AU$275 million at the ...

South Pole Group acquires Climate Friendly, splits business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
South Pole Group has purchased the entirety of Australia-based Climate Friendly, a carbon offset and renewable energy provider. South Pole Group was the majority shareholder in Climate Friendly. The new deal involves the "sale and immediate integration ...

GRESB appoints Sander Paul van Tongeren as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... expand and globalize the GRESB real estate and infrastructure assessments," said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) and GRESB board member. "I am personally committed to supporting Sander Paul's new role and ...

Monash University issues world-first certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
Monash University has issued an AU$218 million green bond, becoming the first university in the world to do so. Professor Margaret Gardner, president and vice chancellor, Monash University Proceeds from the bond will be allocated to a portfolio of development ...

CEFC to invest $110m in Investa Office Management portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... achieve both a National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) rating of in excess of 5.5. stars, and a 6-Star Green Star rating. "Importantly, through this transaction we will also establish a landmark co-operation agreement that will promote ...

ANZ appoints Katharine Tapley head of sustainable finance solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... enabled Katharine to be instrumental in a number of innovative business development initiatives including developing ANZ's green bond capability following our own issuance last year, executing ANZ's first consumer finance facilities for rooftop solar ...

Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... representing an opportunity of about $18 billion." The survey also revealed "the market continues to be dominated by things such as green bonds. So in terms of dollar value it's really still an environmental space, in terms of actual transactions and ...

IGCC, investor groups issue updated guide for oil and gas industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and other global investor bodies have updated their guide to investor expectation for the oil and gas industry. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC I nvestor Expectations for Oil and Gas Companies: Transition to a Lower ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... carbon-reducing strategies and putting forth shareholder resolutions to oil and gas companies. There was also record investment in green bonds, with more than US$65 billion issued through early November, a 50% increase from US$23.2 billion in 2015. The ...