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Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... cases of misconduct' in the banking and financial services sectors around the world undermine trust in markets and threaten banks' license to operate, according to global research from corporate social responsibility rating agency Vigeo Eiris. Vigeo ...

Negatively screened funds grow by over 2500% in New Zealand: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... what's really good to see is the flow on with responsible investment considerations," O'Connor said. "KiwiSaver providers, banks and fund managers have had to review their house views on what that means for them. It's really been quite catalytic and ...

Green Bond issuance up 50% on first half of 2016: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... bonds. You have 15 countries working on green sovereign bonds at the moment- a fillip to the market this year. Corporates and banks in Europe have gone up, you have increased issuance in India. We have a little bit of issuance out of Mexico, both local ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... in the number of dedicated impact investment funds and community finance from both dedicated providers and the big four banks, as well as a larger number of themed bonds being issued in Australia." "Then point we're at is moving from [impact investing] ...

ANZ, NAB join initiative to pilot Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
ANZ, National Australia Bank and 9 other global banks have committed to piloting the Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)'s guidelines as well as committing to jointly develop "analytical tools and indicators to strengthen assessments ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... (11%) rated "No reporting". The best performing sector for climate-related disclosure was banking, with five out of seven banks reporting three key indicators: emissions, a policy and a target, ACSI said.

Climate Bonds Initiative, UNEP-FI launch European Green Securities Steering Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Europe. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Foundation participants include 22 (22) European commercial and development banks, investors, rating agencies, NGOs and industry associations including ABN AMRO, Clifford Chance, Glennmont Partners and ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses disclosure of use of proceeds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... had some amount of public disclosure. The report analysed data from 146 issuers - corporate 43%, municipal 38%, commercial banks 12%, government agencies and entities 4%, and ABS 3%, and 191 green bonds issued up to 1 April 2016 to the value of US$66 ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... transition to a lower carbon economy. "Let's go back one and look at the significance of the decision by the major central banks with the support of national governments to do this piece of work, recognising, I think, as they have, that one of the key ...

APRA hires lead for new team that will consider cyber-security risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... for which APRA is the regulator - is particularly exposed to these risks, and that boards of financial institutions like banks are aware and acknowledge the risks. "The financial companies seem more focused on it than ever before," she said. "I think ...