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Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... year, including working with organizations making commitments in other workstreams of the UN Summit - cities, low-carbon transport, clean energy. That applies to emerging as well as developed markets," said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO. "The response ...

ARENA fund Laing O'Rourke redeployable solar hybrid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... mining operations is the "permanent nature of fixed framed solar installations," ARENA said. "The plant will consist of transport-friendly container-sized modules, including a control centre and inverters with external, pre-wired connections to allow ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... outstanding, and now it's $35bn outstanding issuance." The report breaks climate-themed bonds down into seven categories - transport, energy, climate finance, buildings and industry, agriculture and forestry, waste and pollution control, and water. Transport ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... range of impacts as the result of climate change. Some of the common impacts include damage to property, capital and non-transport infrastructure. But cities also reported social impacts like public health that could also affect companies' workforce ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... on the emission intensity of the fossil fuel itself, hence, a focus on thermal coal and a focus on oil sands, and the transport of the product. That focus was also the reason for the exclusion on brown coal-fuelled power generators comes in." Because ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... beverage, metals, mining and engineering, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, electronics and computers, transport, and utilities. KPMG found the companies and their associated corporate foundations invested on average the equivalent of ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... infrastructure PPP assets within education, water, health, justice, defence, community housing, recreational facilities, transport and other sectors where income from the assets is primarily derived from long-term, CPI-linked concession arrangements ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "Rana Plaza could have happened at any time - it's hard to predict when the catalyst could come. The same with transport sector - we have previously cited the risk of industrial action, and that seem is still alive and kicking this year. Look at ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Thirteen global investment banks have endorsed the Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bonds. Marilyn Ceci, managing director, JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank Bank of America Merrill ...

IIGCC joins International Climate Bond Standards Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... that are backed by qualifying green assets - wind farms, solar energy plants, energy efficiency investments, low-carbon transport and other projects. Approved third party verifiers review proposed bonds to confirm they comply with the standard, Climate ...