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New Forests given award for portfolio of carbon offset projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
The Climate Action Reserve has recognised New Forests' portfolio of carbon offset projects with the 2017 Carbon Project Developer of the Year award. David Brand, New Forests CEO Climate Action Reserve is "the premier carbon offset registry for the North ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... demographic and societal changes - Morgan Stanley says "the proportion of people aged 55-64 will rise from 13 to 15% of the global population in the next 10 years according to the UN World population prospects, requiring employers to rethink how they ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... new EY paper, How Do You Fund A Sustainable Tomorrow, " there is an estimated US$2.5t funding gap each year until 2030. Global financial and capital markets currently manage almost US$300t in financial assets every year." EY states that the financial ...

CEFC investing up to $100m in Lendlease-managed property fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... properties in Australia. It has been rated the world's most sustainable real estate fund in 2014, 2015 and 2017 by the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The CEFC investment is targeting abatement of more than 40,000 tonnes of carbon ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... gain relevance in our local market." Separately, BetaShares has announced that it has removed Facebook from the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX:ETHI) based on a number of recent issues, including Cambridge Analytica's use of personal ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... conflict-affected states." It is part of the IFC's Social Bond Program, which was launched in March 2017 with a US$500 million global benchmark bond. ANZ Bank, Deutsche Bank and Nomura were joint lead managers for the bond. It is a five year bond with ...

Norton Rose Fulbright partners to form new energy sector advisory business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that partner and current global head of energy Simon Currie, and partner Vincent Dwyer, will leave the business to form a new advisory business for the energy sector. The new business will provide strategic ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Initiative, Mission2020, CERES, CDP, Citizens Climate Lobby, California Governor's Office, California Treasurer's Office, Global Optimism, NRDC and The Climate Group. "When green investments move from business plans into budgets and balance sheets a ...

Deloitte survey finds procurement leaders lack visibility in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian version of the Modern Slavery Act, Deloitte cautions. Leeora Black, partner, Deloitte Deloitte has issued its 2018 Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey, which finds that 65% of procurement leaders surveyed globally "having limited or no ...

Evolution towards autonomous vehicles present infrastructure investment: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... and medium term, there are opportunities for infrastructure investors during the transition, according to AMP Capital's Global Listed Infrastructure team. Andy Jones, AMP Capital Global Listed Infrastructure portfolio manager AMP Capital has published ...