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NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council. "We expect the success of this NAB transaction to spark further development in green residential home loan products," said Richard Lovell, CEFC Debt Markets. "We have already seen the emergence of the ...

Green bond issuance from China reached US$37.1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) the worlds' biggest bank. The largest cumulative issuer in the year was China Development Bank (CDB) which included a Climate Bonds Certified offshore bond of US$1.67 billion (RMB 11.1bn), the report noted. These statistics ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... business as usual," Bell said. "There is a broader set of corporate entities taking on things like the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs, changes to corporate reporting standards and thinks like the [Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure ...

Australia faces challenges in adapting to autonomous vehicle technology: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... organised representatives from each state and territory, and has gone ahead and did a holistic review of AVs, what policy development needs to be developed and has done a holistic audit," he said. "It is a comprehensive audit of activities they need ...

CEFC commits $30 million to Coleambally Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... Solar Farm in New South Wales. Neoen Australia is developing the Coleambally Solar Farm, which will be NSW's largest development. "We are pleased to support Neoen's investments in the construction of new solar generation in New South Wales," said Monique ...

Willis Towers Watsons joins Climate Bonds Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... Program. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Climate Bonds Partners Program is designed to support the development of the global market for climate and green bonds through three paths: "work to shift investment to rapidly delivering a low-carbon ...

SVA Diversified Impact Fund receives more than $10m in funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... seeded through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) AU$20 million Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs large-scale solar developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The CEFC has provided $207 million in debt finance to accelerate the development of 200MW of additional solar capacity across two WIRSOL Energy projects - the Wemen Solar Farm in Victoria and the Clermont ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
The "weight of money" is driving the transition to a low carbon economy, and "commercial imperatives such as investment, innovation and reputational factors, is increasingly driving that shift, rather than scientists or policymakers," according to Geoff ...

LBG Australia & New Zealand publishes Review of Community Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... resourcing constraints (42%)," the report said. "Other barriers included cost and lack of consideration in partnership development, with 16% of respondents each." Tuffrey was recently in Australia for LBG Australia and New Zealand's annual conference. ...