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$515 million sustainability loan anchors seaport refinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... part of a broader $666 million refinancing facility for Port of Newcastle funded by a consortium of lenders. NAB acted as a core lender in the refinancing and, in its role as Sustainable Finance Structuring Coordinator, assisted in the development of ...

Property fund inks multi-billion dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... diversified property portfolio. Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has completed the SLL transaction, covering all of the ISPT Core Fund's bank facilities, for a total of $2.8 billion. An SLL is a lending vehicle where interest rates are tied to ...

New CEO search underway for IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... we've seen so many investors joining Climate Action 100+ is because it's very much a recognition that there is a core group of companies who are in almost everyone's portfolio that are responsible for the vast majority of carbon emissions ...

State Street launches ESG service for securities lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Investments, Aviva, BlackRock, ISLA, KBC Asset Management, NN Investment Partners and PGGM. PSSL is organised around eight core principles - alignment, transparency, tax voting, collateral, short selling, stakeholder involvement, and innovation.

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... issues of the business," said Michael Chen, Westpac's head of sustainable finance. "We wanted specific KPIs that reflected the core of what G8 do. Having done an assessment of their material strategic initiatives, we understood they are a socially oriented ...

Majority of CFOs see ESG's importance to business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... demands is by far the largest barrier preventing businesses from fully integrating ESG including climate action into their core planning and operations," according to the survey. "In a recent D eloitte Access Economics report - A new choice: Australia's ...

Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... businesses/assets, you need to look for sustainable earnings," said Phil Moffitt, co-founder of Beckon Capital. "Sustainability has been core to thinking about value. We were all aligned to the fact that business has to be sustainable, and it has to ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Companies' social license to operate and wider stakeholder concerns are core governance considerations during this AGM season in Australia. The recent history of corporate scandals relating to poor conduct ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... (33%). A smaller share of firms said it was because it was the right thing to do (19%) or that it serves the company's core purpose (18%), PGIM said. Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks 13 November) A coalition of Australian ...

CSC partners with Osmosis IM on sustainable strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... equity strategy. CSC, the $50 billion fund for government employees, will partner with Osmosis to launch a Resource Efficient Core Equity Portfolio (ex-Australia). The portfolio will aim to mitigate environmental risks while targeting a better risk-adjusted ...