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ARENA provides $9.9 million funding to New Gullan Range Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing AU$9.9 million in funding to support a AU$26 million large-scale solar farm to be co-located with a wind farm. A 10MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant will be built next to the existing Gullen ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV) has issued an AU$300 million green bond, the first certified Australian dollar green bond by an Australian government authority. The 1.75% 27 July 20121 TCV Green Bond proceeds will fund a portfolio of state investments ...

Companies, CEOs, chairs seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Steven Burrell, chief executive, The Governance Institute The Governance Institute's first Ethics Index found that while Australian society overall was seen as "somewhat ethical", large corporations and their chief executives, and board chairs were seen ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... parolees, particularly in their first 16 weeks of parole," according to NAB. The program will be jointly delivered by Australian Community Support Organisation (ACSO), arbias and the NSW government and will be jointly financed by ACSO and NAB. This is ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... organisations provided input through the course of the two year development process. Sustainable Business Australia, as the Australian network partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), led the workshop that led to the ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... 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 it seems near certain that the Liberal/National coalition led ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... because of the market's strong uptake of labelled green bonds, Kidney said. Unlabelled bonds are a small component of the Australian market, and dominated by rail operator Aurizon, while ANZ, NAB and Westpac have all issued Climate Bond Initiative-certified ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... drivers, which include ESG issues, in investment practice is a failure of fiduciary duty." Cbus Super is the first Australian investor to sign the statement. "It's clear that the regulations sitting around the obligations and requirements of investors ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... interest in ESG and ethical fixed income products is increasing across all asset classes, said David Macri, CIO of Australian Ethical Investments. Australian Ethical in 2014 launched the Fixed Interest Trust, comprising Australian dollar-denominated ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results of research conducted by Newspoll, which found that 18.7% of Australian adults "rarely or never have any money left at the end of a pay cycle." People living in regional Australia are more likely ...