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Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Willingness to pay - a governance metric - constitutes 30% of a country's final BSRI score, while fiscal space is 40%, external finance position is 20% and financial sector health is 10%. BlackRock defines willingness to pay as a measure of a government's ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Green bonds could potentially be issued to finance capital investment in the chemical industry, said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative CEO. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO "The latest science shows that carbon emissions in industrialized countries ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... of Centennial Asia Advisors. He is formerly president of the Asian Institute of Management and served as secretary of finance of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, and was chairman and CEO of the Development Bank of the Philippines from 1989 to 1993. ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... The Sustainability Report. Earlier this year, LGS participated in a US$1 billion green bond issue by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). LGS bought US$6m of the three-year bond, which will be used to support IFC climate-friendly projects in ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... virtuous circle. We talk a lot in economic growth terms about inviting investment in, to encourage people to get into social finance - we can encourage investors to invest in companies because they see a social and environmental return, we applaud that ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). She is also a member of the Market Committee Advisory Group of UKSIF. "We are delighted that Amanda has ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... class-specific modules covering listed equities, fixed income, private equity, property, infrastructure, and inclusive finance. PRI said an average signatory will need to complete five modules and 75 indicators. Signatories will begin reporting from ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Developing social enterprises can access funding between $10,000 -$30,000 through Foresters Community Finance's Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund was developed to fit the lending profile of social enterprises ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... assistance. It also encapsulates programs such as NAB's partnership with Good Shepherd Microfinance, which rolls out affordable finance to communities that have experienced financial exclusion. NAB has committed to providing fair and affordable finance ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... named the ministers who will comprise the new government. Joe Hockey has been named treasurer, with Mathias Cormann named finance minister, Arthur Sinodinos the new assistant treasurer responsible for superannuation and Steven Ciobo named parliamentary ...