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ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
ANZ is partnering with the Australian Water Association (AWA) on water and wastewater management programs in South-East Asia. Christina Tonkin, ANZ managing director of global loans and advisory. The partnership will see AWA focus on "knowledge sharing ...

GRESB issues real estate green bond guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has released Green Bond Guidelines for the Real Estate Sector. The Green Bond Guidelines complement the Green Bond Principles with sector-specific guidance for origination or investment in green ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
ANZ has issued an AU$600 million green bond that will finance green property, wind power and solar projects. The bond - ANZ's first green bond and the second issued by an Australian bank - is five-year fixed rate, priced at 99.384 and an 80 bps spread ...

ACCSR tracks Australian/NZ progress towards CSR innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Corporate sustainability officers have an increased sense of optimism that corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices are driving innovation and impacting on environmental, social and economic challenges, according to the Australian Centre for ...

Teachers Mutual Bank win AB +F ESG award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank was recognised as Best Bank in Socially Responsible Performance (ESG) at the Asia-Pacific Banking and Finance (AB+F) Awards. This is the second time the bank has won the award, having previously been recognised in 2013. Teachers ...

Materiality reviews a source of strategic value: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Companies that are performing materiality reviews should work to connect environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to core business strategy, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Leeora Black, managing ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and other international climate change-related groups have launched an online platform that tracks global investors' actions on climate change. The Investor Platform for Climate Actions will track activities ...

Pollinate Energy to open Kolkata office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is expanding its operations into Kolkata, its third city in India. Alexie Seller, national manager - business development and operations ...

VicSuper signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
VicSuper has become signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD), the first Australian superannuation fund to do so. NCD is a global finance-led initiative convened by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
CDP, the Global Compact Network Australia and WWF-Australia are collaborating to push a set of global initiatives in Australia for corporate action on climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in December. The three groups will work to ...