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Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... renewable energy technology." Bocskay pointed to recent announcements such as Wo olworths' placement of a $400 million green bond to finance the Woolworths 2020 sustainability strategy as signs of the growth in demand for green finance. "With this facility ...

CEFC invests $30m in Woolworths Group green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $30 million in the Woolworths Group green bond, the first certified green bond issued by an Australian retailer. The $400 million green bond will help fund the Woolworths 2020 sustainability strategy. ...

Woolworths Group to become first Australian retailer to issue Green Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... commitment, while allowing our investors to support projects that are important to them." Woolworths recently issued its Green Bond Framework and noted that it would be the first issuer of Green Bonds under the new Climate Bonds Initiative low-carbon ...

flexigroup issues $90.9 million Climate Bond certified green bond tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have invested $10 million in the latest flexigroup $90.9 million green bond issuance. The $90.9 million green bond issuance includes a large portion of rooftop solar, as well as a smaller portion of small-scale ...

IFC to permit structuring of loans in accordance with Green Loan Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... option to structure loans in accordance with the Green Loan Principles. The Green Loan Principles are modelled on the Green Bond Principles and specify how loan proceeds should be used and how projects should be selected in order to qualify for green-loan ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... investors, banks, issuers, service providers as well as governments and related institutions, to promote the development of green bond standards. Separately, Climate Bonds Initiative announced that ISS ESG, the responsible investment arm of Institutional ...

Local Government Super becomes signatory to Green Bond Pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has become a founding signatory to the Green Bond Pledge. Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability, Local Government Super The Green Bond Pledge is an international declaration that all bonds financing long-term infrastructure ...

Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Climate Bonds Initiative has presented data and analysis on the state of green bond investment and the potential and need for green infrastructure investment in Australia and New Zealand. CBI notes that cumulative ...

Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Carbon Registry (LCI) is cited by 37% of respondents, the most commonly cited methodology, at 53%, is "other." The Green Bond Principle was cited by 16%. The report provides the collective views of Australian and New Zealand investors with funds representing ...

Bank Australia issues $125 million sustainability bond linked to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... and why we're different in some ways." The sustainability framework of the bond was developed in line with the ICMA Green Bond Principles 2018 (GBP), Social Bond Principles 2018 (SBP) and the Sustainability Bond Guidelines (SBG)a around the four pillars ...