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Sustainable Australia Fund on COVID-19 impacts, upgrade finance outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... benefit from this kind of economic climate." Longer term, Bocskay thinks EUAs and the SFA can be a part of a post-COVID green recovery. "We're in discussion with governments across the country about this green recovery and how our form of finance can ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Issuance of green bonds in Southeast Asia almost doubled to reach US$7.8 billion in 2019, according to research from the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Climate Bonds Initiative, supported by HSBC, launched the ASEAN ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Fast progress and plummeting costs from green technologies provide an "unprecedented" opportunity for Australia to achieve a net zero emissions economy by 2050 while supporting economic efforts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this opinion piece from Ian Carmichael, portfolio manager and partner, Fairlight Asset Management. The opinions expressed reflect Fairlight Asset Management 's position. Ian Carmichael, portfolio ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... growing climate finance capacity mean we are well placed to become a major investor in low-emissions opportunities and a green finance hub for the region." The report notes that although investment in low-emissions activities is growing "at a rapid rate" ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Companies are increasingly adopting a "profit with purpose" mindset and investors should be aware of relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) information as part of their investment process, according to global fund manager PGIM. Taimur Hyat ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... are interested in seeing sustainable GDP growth, it is part of the way forward to move away from brown utilities towards green utilities. We don't want to be completely divorced from that economic growth story." Applying a strategy of investing in the ...

Singapore-based Vena Energy issues US$325 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Singapore-based Vena Energy, an independent power producer and renewable energy company, has issued a US$325 million green bond. Proceeds of the green bond will be used to refinance existing corporate loans for the development, construction and operation ...

CEFC commits up to $125m in Qualitas property debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made an investment of up to $125 million in a new property debt fund designed to finance the construction and management of energy efficient, low emissions build-to-rent (BTR) residential buildings. Ian ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... guide Frasers Property Australia in how it enters "multiple sustainable finance transactions including, but not limited to "green or sustainability bonds and loans as well as sustainability-linked bonds and loans." "Sustainability is inherently embedded ...