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ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... governments, and both local and Australian companies operating in the region, said Katharine Tapley, ANZ director sustainable finance solutions. "The reason we partnered with the AWA relates to our geographical footprint," Tapley said. "They approached ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... investments were smaller in size, but from a number size, they were substantial. Twenty percent of orders were from ESG or sustainable mandates, with 92% of investors based in Australia and 8% around Asia. From an investor type point of view, it was ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... million p.a. because of declining interest rates, meaning that their current investment strategy is not providing a sustainable base for the long-term funding of non-profits' work, said David Knowles, partner and head of philanthropy and social capital ...

GRI appoints Eric Dugelay to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... made global leader of Global Sustainability Services in 2014. He is also director at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), working on the subject of assurance of sustainability information. Dugelay replaces retiring GRI Board ...

ASrIA launches private equity ESG initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)is launching an initiative to gather private equity managers across the region to discuss opportunities and challenges in considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...

Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative issues communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Members of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) are engaging with capital market participants in a dialogue on responsible investment and sustainable business practices. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director The SSE have published ...

School for Social Entrepreneurs holds NDIS training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... students will be given the opportunity to meet with experts, hear their advice on how to make their services viable and sustainable, measure the impact and prepare themselves for the best ways to work with the community they're here to serve." SSE Australia ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... reported total assets under management of AU$2.5 billion in its 2014 sustainability report. New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, also implemented sustainability reporting using standardised metrics from the Impacting Reporting ...

CEFC, CBA finance car dealership energy efficiency loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Cars managing director. "I see that the buildings in our dealership can evolve in a similar way, using energy in a sustainable, non-polluting way."

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... opposed to the investor side and were published separately. The Climate Bonds Initiative and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) launched Growing a green bonds market in China: key recommendations for policymakers in the context ...