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Queensland Treasury Corporation issues $750m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Queensland as QTC Green Bonds will assist the government's commitment to the environment and action on climate change to benefit future generations," said Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Curtis Pitt at the time. ""It means Queensland ...

AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... reputation of companies we invest in on behalf of our clients. It is consistent with AMP's commitment to building a sustainable future and creating long-term, shared value for our customers, shareholders, employees, the community and the environment." ...

CEFC to work with SA government on battery finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. "This project will efficiently demonstrate how battery storage can play a part in the competitive future of our energy system." The CEFC has been in discussion with a number of large-scale battery providers for some time, some ...

Climate Bonds Standard approves Deloitte France, Deloitte Luxembourg

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... standardisation and third party verification are two fundamentals components to build the trust that this market will need in the future. Climate adaptation and transition financing needs are gigantic and both corporates and states will play their role ...

Mirvac Sydney HQ receives WELL certification for health and wellbeing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... interviewed all our employees and ran a set of workshops to develop an understanding of what our employees wanted to see in a future office, and one of the outcomes was health and wellbeing and the importance in the office," he said. "Our goal became ...

CEFC makes two investments totalling $230 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... of its new Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF). CEFC noted that $1.1 billion SAHF is a "key component of the NSW Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW strategy that will result in more social and affordable housing dwellings linked to tailored ...

Number of culturally diverse women ASX leaders "extremely low": DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... is pretty much archaic now," Long said. "That's still what people gravitate towards, but it's not going to work in the future. CEOs must believe that and boards must hire people who believe it. They have to be the individual that welcomes that diversity." ...

IIRC to hold comment period to review first three years of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... globally - it has prompted them to change their approach not only to reporting, but also to thinking and planning for the future of their business," said Richard Howitt, CEO, IIRC. "We have seen 1,500 global companies adopt Integrated Reporting around ...

Impact Investing Australia, Philanthropy Australia launch new grant program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... not-for-profit organisations with grants of up to $50,000 to explore "pathways towards financial sustainability" and prepare for future impact investment. The Discovery Grant has been established by Philanthropy Australia in partnership with NAB, who ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... superannuation industry. Elsewhere in his speech, Summerhayes said that the prevailing wisdom that climate risks are a future problem or a non-financial problem no longer holds true. "The key point I want to make today, and that APRA wants to be explicit ...