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Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... insurance, health, education, waste management." In Australia, Nuveen has seen an uptick in interest from investors after a slow first and second quarter of 2020, noted Andrew Kleinig, Managing Director and Head of Australasia of Nuveen. Kleinig noted ...

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... LGS' property portfolio. Last year, LGS's direct property portfolio was also certified carbon neutral. It was Australia's first NABERS rated property portfolio to achieve carbon neutral certification against the National Carbon Offset Standard for Buildings. ...

HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... HESTA has said it will monitor and report progress against its emissions reduction targets on an annual basis. HESTA was the first major Australian super fund to place a thermal coal mining restriction across all investment options and recently extended ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... seven years' engineering experience. Pradhananga holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours), both from the University of NSW. MBA GLI was founded in 2012 by its principals and Maple-Brown ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Singapore's real estate sector. The CBI report noted significant Southeast Asian transactions during 2019, including the first perpetual green bond in ASEAN, issued by AC Energy, a subsidiary of the Ayala Group in the Philippines. Listed on the Singapore ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Construction Code, and homes built to this rating require less energy for heating and cooling, the CEFC said. It will be the first Australian green home loan to use energy efficiency measurement tools to determine eligibility. The discounted rate will ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Green Bujildings certificate under the IFC Edge program. To certify their buildings Zero Carbon, real estate developers first reduce their buildings' emissions through green building practices and can then offset any remaining emissions through ClimateSeed ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Alternative stock exchange the Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX) has announced Michael Go as its new CEO, as well as its first two listing applications. Michael Go, CEO, Sydney Stock Exchange SSX will focus on smaller growth companies and is integrating environmental ...

NSW government to issue a second Sustainability & Social Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... it will issue a Sustainability & Social Bond later this year. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet New South Wales became the first state to establish the Sustainability Bond Programme in 2018 and successfully raised $1.8 billion in 10-year funding through ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... she added. With Australian Modern Slavery Act coming into force this year, companies will be preparing to deliver their first Modern Slavery Reports between now and 30 June 2020. However, Zimmerman notes that managing human rights will not end with modern ...