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NAB issues $150m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has issued an AU$150 million green bond, the first Australian-issued climate bond in the market. The NAB Climate Bond is the first bank-issued bond to be certified in compliance with the Climate Bonds Standards. Proceeds ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia and KPMG Australia. Victoria Whitaker, head of GRI Focal Point Australia From Tactical to Strategic: How Australian businesses create value from sustainability reviewed ASX50 annual reports, reviews sustainability reports and integrated reports ...

CEFC looks to increase investment in bioenergy projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia Conference 2014. The CEFC is focusing on "introducing internationally commercially proven technologies to the Australian market," the CEFC said. "Harnessing bioenergy makes good economic sense while contributing to fuel security and regional ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... fund managed by Colonial First State Global Asset Management. CEFC is be the initial cornerstone investor to the CFS Australian Clean Energy (ACE) Infrastructure Fund, a wholesale infrastructure investment fund that will invest in renewable energy, energy ...

Carnegie Wave Energy installs first CETO 5 unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... base, HMAS Stirling. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2016. Carnegie's investors and financiers include the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). "This project demonstrates that wave energy ...

Mutuals, co-ops have turnover of $104 billion: BCCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... nation's earnings, the same level as the mining sector. The largest co-operative businesses are farmer-owned - Western Australian grain handler CBH Group (AU$2.8 billion) and Victorian dairy operator Murray Goulburn, AU$2.39 billion. Non-profit health ...

Montreal Carbon Pledge a building block: Cbus' Atkin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... issues that will come up thru the analysis." Cbus is "assessing" the implications of the pledge, Atkin said. Thus far, Australian Ethical Investment is the only confirmed Australian signatory to the Montreal Carbon Pledge, according to the online portal ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... than 11% of ASX200 non-executive board positions are held by directors who own no shares in the company, which the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) says goes counter to ACSI's expectation that directors will have "skin in the game" ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... bonds and social impact bonds, Toohill said. In April, the World Bank issued a AU$300 million, five-year fixed rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. RBS Capital Markets and Westpac Institutional ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... it's getting from investors." AXA IM hopes to launch a second fund in 2015 open to external investment, accessible to Australian institutional investors and other global investors, Christensen said. Earlier this year, AXA IM launched an integrated ESG ...