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CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... making these long-term decisions about building and buying new homes." Bank Australia holds a number of "firsts" in sustainability related products and finance. Last year, the customer-owned bank issued a three-year, $125 million sustainability bond ...

David Atkin, responsible investment leader, to step down as Cbus CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... on the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). "His thoughtful approach and long-term vision on sustainability has contributed in no small way to the current momentum on climate related investment," Bracks said. "Under David's leadership ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... developers have undergone a strict banking due diligence and lastly, the projects have been reviewed and validated by a sustainability committee, comprised of industry experts, IFC noted. ClimateSeed projects avoid or capture CO2, and also contribute ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Anna Crabb, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, B Lab Australia and New Zealand Anna Crabb, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, B Lab Australia and New Zealand At the recent Impact ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... valuation," O'Connor said. "As an industry, to be able to properly ply our role in contributing capital towards sustainability outcomes, towards the Paris Agreement and SDGs, we need to understand how to value things that traditionally haven't been valued ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Two months ago, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices rated Westpac Australia's most sustainable bank, and the 9th most sustainable bank in the world for its 2019 index series. Rachel Alembakis, editor, The Sustainability Report DJSI isn't the ...

S&P Global to acquire ESG ratings business from RobecoSAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
S&P Global will acquire the ESG ratings business from RobecoSAM, including the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment. The ESG Ratings Business consists of two units - one administering the SAM CSA for the purpose of issuing ESG Ratings and a second ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... business as usual. It's not fringe and it is s not something which is contrary to worrying about the future economic sustainability of Australia's economic activity." Palmer questioned the ethical basis of potentially restricting the rights of individuals ...

TCorp issues record-breaking $1.8bn Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
TCorp has set another record in issuing a new $1.8 billion Sustainability Bond based on both green and social assets. Fiona Trigona, head of funding and balance sheet, TCorp TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... entities. Schroders is a family owned business and can take a long term view on business, with a strong view on sustainability. Our ambition to take impact investment more into the mainstream and introduce it to our client bases." BlueOrchard is a pioneer ...