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Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The push to develop the global green bond market continues unabated, with the Climate Bonds Initiative launching a report aimed at establishing a green bond market in China, and KPMG International publishing a paper for potential green bond issuers. ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... strategist. ""In Europe, and to some extent in the US and in Australia, institutions are starting to keep one eyelid awake on climate," Kiernan said. "That's the good news. From our point of view, the bad news for them is that they're one of the subset ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... been verified in accordance with the Green Bond Principles by DNV GL. "This Hallett Hill bond follows our $300 million climate bond in December last year - another Australian first - and puts NAB firmly at the forefront of product innovation and environmental ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Standard has released draft criteria for bioenergy projects to qualify for certification. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The Climate Bond Standard's Bioenergy Technical Working Group has developed the proposed eligibility ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. Jennifer Lauber-Patterson, director, Frontier Carbon Limited, and head, Climate Market Investment Association for Australia, NZ, Singapore, Indonesia The ERF is the centrepiece of the Direct Action Plan ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... property owners to access finance to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. South Australia Climate Change Minister Ian Hunter The legislation, Local Government (Building Upgrade Agreements) Amendments Bill 2015, will launch ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
A group of investors convened by Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) will seek to build increased definition and structure to support the development of the green bond market. The investor group released a statement of investor expectations ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Supply chains in Brazil, China, India and the United States are more vulnerable to climate change than those in Europe and Japan because of lack of preparation, according to CDP. CDP analysed suppliers from 11 countries in relation to their climate ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Note: updated with comment from John Connor, The Climate Institute. Universities in Australia and around the world are doing little to mitigate exposure to climate change's financial risk, or failing to state their mitigation strategies at all, according ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Commission (ASIC) made in 2013. "The big triggers for this year include the ASX 7.4," said Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner, climate change and sustainability practice.. "It will come into force from July 1 and it will be requirement for the reporting ...