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Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and corporations agree that materiality analysis is important to define "the most important sustainability issues," according to research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and RobecoSAM. GRI and RobecoSAM have published Defining What ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
This week, representatives from Australia and more than 150 nations gathered in New York to sign off on the Paris Agreement. Even as governments around the world face calls to set policies and legislation to fulfil their commitments, there is also new ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... ASX-listed financial services group, has priced AU$260 million in asset-based securities (ABS), including an AU$50 million green tranche, certified by the global Climate Bonds Initiative. The ABS is supported by a pool of Australian unsecured, retail ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, has implemented a new investment performance framework that will focus on productivity, ecosystem services, land use planning, shared prosperity, risk management, and governance. David ...

CEFC, Palisade Investment Partners launch infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... produce a negative return. According to statistics provided by CEFC, the current pricing is $100/MWh, based on the combined 'green' (renewable energy certificate) and 'black' (wholesale electricity) price. Over the last 12 months, the combined green ...

Mirvac launches social return on investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Mirvac Group has developed a framework and tool to measure social return on investment (SROI) for the developments it builds, and has calculated that its residential communities save residents in reduced health costs and reduced crime. Sarah Breavington ...

London Stock Exchange joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Italiana, FTSE Russell Indexes, MillenniumIT and LCH.Clearnet. "London Stock Exchange Group is a committed supporter of green financing and we see the transition to a low carbon economy as a major industrial trend," said Nikhil Rathi Chief Executive ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... operation and an annual carbon abatement of more than 1 million tonnes CO2e. Foresight manages funds on behalf of the UK Green Investment Bank and the European Investment Bank and has invested more than AU$1 billion in bioenergy and energy from waste ...

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
... climate bonds market is comprised of US$53.8 billion in unlabelled climate-aligned bonds, and US$65.9 billion in labelled green bonds. The increase of US$95 billion is attributed to the growth of the green bond market - constituting 32% of the overall ...