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CEFC, Ironstone Capital create Warada Capital, specialist joint venture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... opportunities, and will also invest in operating brownfield assets where there is a capacity to improve returns and sustainability through technology enhancements. "We see investment potential across early-stage solar and wind projects, energy storage ...

Fidelity International develops proprietary sustainability ratings system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
Fund Manager Fidelity International has developed a proprietary sustainability ratings system applicable to equity and fixed income assets. Jenn-Hui Tan, head of capital markets and corporate governance at Fidelity International. The system covers Fidelity's ...

NSW government to issue a second Sustainability & Social Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
The NSW Government announced that 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 ...

Pengana WHEB Sustainable Investing Impact Report identifies positives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... four to seven years. It only invests in companies that produce goods and services that address the challenges of sustainability, thereby generating a positive social or environmental impact. The fund has had one month returns of 1.32%, compared to its ...

Insight Investment applies traffic light analysis to green, impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... score to impact bonds, and found that "many of the instruments coming to market fall short of minimum standards for sustainability." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst, Insight Investment Insight Investment's traffic light score examines a social or environmental ...

T. Rowe Price analyses water, energy, food nexus and investment impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... and that figure expected to double by 2040. As such, "lack of water is shifting from being a global, long-term sustainability concept to a more local and immediate problem. Incidentally, it is typically easier for politicians to mobilise around locally ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... innovative financing model that allows commercial, office, and industrial buildings to retrofit projects for energy sustainability. Environmental Upgrade Agreements (EUAs) are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance ...

Coca-Cola Amatil joins membership of BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... Franklin, Neverfail, Grinders Coffee and Yenda. The company regularly reports on environmental performance and has set sustainability goals to achieve by 2020, BCSD Australia noted. In April 2019 the company announced that 7 out of 10 of its plastic ...

CEFC invests $30m in Woolworths Group green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... certified green bond issued by an Australian retailer. The $400 million green bond will help fund the Woolworths 2020 sustainability strategy. Woolworths recently issued its Green Bond Framework and noted that it would be the first issuer of Green Bonds ...

Majority of Asia-Pacific investors expect to integrate ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new BNP Paribas survey. Madhu Gayer, investment analytics and sustainability manager, BNP Paribas Securities Services According to the BNP Paribas ESG Global Survey 2019, Asia Pacific respondents lag behind ...