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Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... mainstream equity fund's environmental and social impacts, frequently in the context of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Impact measurement and management offers a range of exciting opportunities for fund managers to improve their responsible ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... services industry play a key role in raising, structuring and allocating funding to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to new research from EY. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader According to a ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... that ANZ has been involved in this year. In February, ANZ priced and issued the â,¬750 million Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) bond in the European wholesale debt capital markets. According to ANZ, "the five year fixed rate bond was priced at a ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... â,¬139 billion of assets under management and advisory and provides ETFs aligned to four of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (Water, Clean Energy, Climate Action & Gender Equality), as well as a Green Gond ETF. "Climate change is one of the greatest ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... within the 10 impact focus areas that 8IP has outlined, each investment is cross-referenced to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the portfolio has covers 9 of the 17 goals.

NAB sheds light on process of issuing green RMBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... assets. We are also looking at a number of other options around SRI or transactions that meet the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs. The bonds we've issued have ticked some of those boxes."

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
ANZ has launched and priced its first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) bond in the European wholesale debt capital markets. Katharine Tapley, head of sustainable finance solutions (SFS), loans and specialised finance, ANZ The bond raised â,¬750 ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... business as usual," Bell said. "There is a broader set of corporate entities taking on things like the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs, changes to corporate reporting standards and thinks like the [Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... play." During the two-day event, attendees will hear from discuss constructing a portfolio around the Sustainable Development Goals, the democratization of capital and the role that fintech and disruptors will play in shaping responsible investment ...

WBCSD survey finds continued progress in quantity, quality of sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... COSO on enterprise risk management. " These findings come as companies increasingly integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and look ahead to reporting to the Task-force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). 79% acknowledge the ...