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Charter Hall signs green development loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... coordinator for the Climate Bond Initiative-certified loan. The planned commercial office development, designed to serve as Australia Post's new headquarters in Melbourne, is being constructed under a carbon-neutral framework and is targeting a 6-star ...

La Trobe Financial goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Nesci said. "We are pleased to have selected these projects because one of them supports the reforestation project in Australia and the second one includes avoided deforestation and endangered species such as the Orangutans in Indonesia." The process ...

Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... C-Suite and senior manager executives from large public and private companies. More than 100 of the respondents were from Australia. FTI Consulting is a global management consultancy. Almost all of the Australian companies that responded - 97% - report ...

AXA IM looks to launch forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... team aquired 24,000 hectares of Australian woodland, the Green Triangle Forest Products (GTFP) estate. AXA IM head of Australia, real assets Kumar Kalyanakumar told FS Sustainability the fund will use the Green Triangle asset as seed investment and are ...

Property manager announces further $500m SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... recently served as lender and joint sustainability coordinator on the $495 million SLL facility for the ISPT Retail Australia Property Trust (IRAPT). IRAPT manages a portfolio of 33 properties focused on neighbourhood and town centres, including Kellyville ...

ESG integration challenged by regional regulation, data: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... how to include sustainable investing strategies. In the APAC region, investor integration of ESG in markets including Australia, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong has seen regulators following to keep up pace, according to research insights from Northern ...

ING advises infrastructure company on green finance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... established a green finance framework that will align the company's net zero commitments with future finance needs. ING in Australia has developed the framework with leading energy infrastructure provider Jemena to help the company deliver on its commitment ...

Janus Henderson launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... towards a more sustainable global economy is creating a myriad of investment opportunities," said Janus Henderson head of Australia Matt Gaden."While our clients still demand investment solutions that will outperform over the longer term, they also want ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Twelve investment consulting firms including two Australian firms have launched the Net Zero Investment Consultants Initiative (NZICI). Frontier, JANA and other investment consultants responsible for advising institutional asset owners on assets of ...

Climate change is changing the outlook for energy utilities

KIRSTY MACKAY-FISHER  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's electricity sector is the nation's single largest source of greenhouse gas pollution, accounting for about a third of our total greenhouse gas emissions. Extreme weather events related to climate change such as prolonged drought, bushfires ...