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NAB, Ramsay Health Care in ESG derivative transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... proposition." The Ramsay Health Care ESG derivative's KPIs are linked to the same sustainability targets as the healthcare provider's $1.5 billion syndicated sustainability linked loan (SLL), which was announced in July. The new facility comprises ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... apply a new responsible investment filter to all future portfolio investments Under the new policy, the technology and healthcare specialist VC firm will apply both positive and negative investment screening, reviewing companies' performance metrics ...

Assessing animal testing as a governance issue: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... hurdle for different management to go ahead into a market which required animal testing?" The more likely that a non-healthcare company has a brand or brands that are consumer facing, the more likely that they are to have sensitivity around animal testing ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... have a PhD compared to 5% of males. And 22.1% females have an MBA, compared to 16.9% of males. Those with technology, healthcare and property experience are starting to entrench themselves at board level, and while accounting and financial skills are ...

Pengana Capital reports positive impacts of equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... in key stocks over the 2020 year generated 11 MWh of renewable or recovering, 4 tonnes of waste material, providing healthcare treatment for 27 people, or providing 18 days of tertiary education for each $100,000 increment. In that same period, the fund ...

ESG reporting rises, but companies lagging on climate, diversity: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... to play in the SDGs. But when we talk about tickbox versus integrated, it's got to go past just saying, I am a healthcare provider with a hospital so I tick SDG 3 [Good Health and Wellbeing], I'm a farm, so I tick SDG 15 [Life on Land] It needs ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... million in social bonds to institutional investors including super funds. Cbus Super and HESTA, the industry fund for the healthcare sector, were reported to be among 43 investors who took up the new 10-year social bonds which include a fixed-rate note ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... certified by DNV GL Business Assurance Ltd. "Broadly speaking, the Royal Adelaide Hospital provides access to essential healthcare to the people of South Australia, and this critical social function helped the project meet the Asia Pacific Loan Market ...

Investing in health and disease prevention is the best cure

MASJA ZANDBERGEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... COVID-19 might have put the spotlight on health, but our investment and active ownership teams have had a focus on health, healthcare and healthy food for some years already. We take the good aspects of it, such as the excellent investment opportunities ...

ASX company signs $1.5bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... with a $1.5 billion sustainability linked loan. Ramsay Health Care has inked the first and largest syndicated SLL by a healthcare provider in Asia Pacific. The $1.5 billion loan facility is the largest syndicated SLL by an Australian corporate (ex. financial ...