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Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... convergence of ESG and impact investing is being driven by the language and framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "Every investor group in the Dutch market wants to ask me, how is your investment idea in this area of equities or the real ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... they are also looking at companies with proportions of income or revenue in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a measure of impact. Insight Investments thus far has two broad categories - companies with more than 50% of revenue associated ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... attractive to Cbus because it fits in with its strategy to align itself with six of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Atkin said. "We're trying to understand the current footprint of ourselves as an investor and what impact we are having on ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... services industry play a key role in raising, structuring and allocating funding to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to new research from EY. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader According to a ...

NAB sheds light on process of issuing green RMBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... We are also looking at a number of other options around SRI or transactions that meet the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs. The bonds we've issued have ticked some of those boxes."

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... specialised finance, ANZ The bond raised â,¬750 million to fund ANZ loans and expenditures that directly promote nine of the 17 SDGs. According to ANZ, "the five year fixed rate bond was priced at a spread of 15 basis points over the swap rate, with ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... 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 guidelines] ...

WBCSD survey finds continued progress in quantity, quality of sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... enterprise risk management. " These findings come as companies increasingly integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and look ahead to reporting to the Task-force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). 79% acknowledge the Sustainable ...

Brambles talks sustainability strategy, Sustainable Development Goals and natural capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... financial year. The goals in Brambles' sustainability programs are aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular: SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, noted Juan Jose Freijo, global head of sustainability ...

Climate-aligned bond universe jumps to US$895 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... and build economic resilience to deal with the climate impacts to come. This also means increasing linkages with the UN's SDGs as a vital part of the transition we face." The $201 billion increase includes $138 billion in new bonds from existing issuers ...