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Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... issuance attracted a wide variety of investors by type and region, with 70% based in Australia and New Zealand, 11% in Europe, 10% in the UK and 9% across Asia and Japan. Balance sheet investors had the majority at 43%, with asset managers and insurance ...

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Zealand Landscapes and Forestry Fund (ANZLAFF) with A$450 million raised from institutional investors in Australia and Europe, and is targeting one million tonnes of carbon abatement over the next decade by harnessing Australia's natural capital. ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... managers in the world Amundi, collectively own approximately 5% of Shell's stock. The climate resolution, co-filed with Europe-based green shareholder group Follow This, requests that the multinational oil and gas company align its medium-term emissions ...

TCorp issues first sustainability bond of 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... issuance attracted a wide variety of investors by type and region, with 70% based in Australia and New Zealand, 11% in Europe, 10% in the UK and 9% across Asia and Japan. Balance sheet investors had the majority at 43%, with asset managers and insurance ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management has updated its Global Sustainability Strategy with a focus on ESG integration and stewardship. It comes as a response to new regulations as well as evolving consumer and investor expectations. As of September 2023, its ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... as well as significant geopolitical conflict and threats to social cohesion." Carolina Klint, chief commercial officer, Europe, Marsh McLennan, said that AI will "radically disrupt the risk outlook" as organisations struggle to react to misinformation ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Current financial regulations and central banking activities have an outsized focus on climate, and neglect broader impacts such as biodiversity loss and its effects on communities who rely on nature for their livelihoods. While progress has been made ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Zealand Landscapes and Forestry Fund (ANZLAFF) with A$450 million raised from institutional investors in Australia and Europe. The fund is a response to high demand for natural capital, climate solutions, and new sectors for sustainable investment assets. ...

World Bank breaks record with US$5b sustainable development bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... managers, insurers, and pension funds. The bond attracted global attention, with more than half (56%) of investors coming from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. 26% of investors were from the Americas, and 18% out of Asia. "Achieving one of IBRD's ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
If 2023 marked a broadened focus on climate adaptation, transition, biodiversity and modern slavery, 2024 is poised to be the year of ESG integration, consolidated reporting, legislative compliance, supply chain due diligence, and managing artificial ...