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Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Bill Whitford, TCV managing director. "This transaction has allowed TCV to support not only the state's investments in climate mitigation and adaptation, but it has also allowed TCV to engage more closely with our existing investors and develop relationships ...

WBCSD, CDSB, Ecodesk create Reporting Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and Ecodesk have created a free global sustainability reporting knowledge platform. The Reporting Exchange will " identify the reporting regulations ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... investments." The Protocol is available under a Creative Commons License, and "brings together the environmental strands of climate, water, energy, biodiversity and waste into a uniform strategic approach," according to the coalition behind the Natural ...

AXA IM hires Alix Chosson to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... technology sectors, with a focus on ESG integration and impact investment. "The COP 21 meeting in December last year put climate change firmly on investors' agenda and as a result we are seeing considerations around energy become a major factor in business ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... developing their strategies for engaging with lawmakers who are independents or from small parties. John Connor, CEO, The Climate Institute As of the publication of this article, the Australian Electoral Commission had not finalised the vote count, but ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The climate-aligned bond universe is US$694 billion, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative Bonds and Climate Change: The State of the Market in 2016 (SotM). The climate-aligned bond universe has grown 16% or US$96 billion from 2015, with unlabelled ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... FI's efforts to make financial flows consistent with the needed limitation of greenhouse emissions and the financing of climate resilient development." Cbus has signed other international ESG and responsible investment agreements, including the Paris ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... how decision making within the organisation is being managed in," Woods said. "...The other one we've been looking at is climate change and doing a bit of testing of bonds to see the impact of a price on carbon. That's something else we've been looking ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... industry bodies and lobbying groups. ACCR highlighted the fossil fuels industry with regards to their corporate policies on climate change and what could be support for policies and politicians at odds with that. "If you look at the section on the resource ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Australian corporate boards must have regard to the complex risks and potential opportunities of climate change in their governance and disclosure to minimise scrutiny from regulators and potential litigation, according to Minter Ellison. Sarah Barker ...