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Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... investment via use of green bonds and other green investment products. The GIIO report backs "new long-term partnerships between banks, superannuation funds, corporations and governments to address rising emissions, urban congestion and sustainability ...

Global issuance of green bonds tops $100 billion to date in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... sectors of the real economy, opens the door to brown-to-green transition of corporate assets and capex programs, and for banks and insurance companies to sizeably increase the availability of green capital," Kidney said. "It also provides pension funds ...

Australian government awards $1.23m to Impact Investment Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... throughout their value chain, and will "also provide impact investing ecosystem players (including investors, foundations, banks, financial service providers, lawyers, corporate partners, and mentors) with the tools and resources to apply a gender-lens ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
The big four banks, Australia's largest superannuation funds, insurance companies and industry groups have launched the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative, a collaborative group to steer investment towards human wellbeing, social equity and environmental ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... exposures through corporate and operational procurement, particularly with IT procurement and hardware contracts. "Australian banks face challenges monitoring their IT supply chains," the report said. "For example, disposal of e-waste is notoriously ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... further market growth." The CBI Partnership Program gathers members of the global financial sector, including investors, banks, issuers, service providers as well as governments and related institutions, to promote the development of green bond standards. ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... emissions. Investors are increasingly viewing climate risk as a material financial issue, as are regulators, as mentioned, and banks with a trend towards differential pricing of interest rates, based on sustainability credentials, emerging in both commercial ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... people who attempt to seek asylum at the US/Mexico border, or who attempt to cross the US/Mexican border, by getting the banks that finance Core Civic and GEO Group to stop lending money. A coalition of more than 80 US-based grassroots organisations ...

A4S to address sustainability, disclosure at World Congress of Accountants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... financing and really trying to find ways to mainstream, integrated within mainstream financing around some of the works that the banks are doing, some quite interesting revolving credit facility approaches that the CFOs are doing, with discounts for ...

BayernLB joins Climate Bond Initiative as Climate Bonds Partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... financial services provider for the Bavarian and German economies, serving Mittelstand companies and large corporates, savings banks and public authorities, customers in the real estate industry, and retail customers, who are served primarily by the ...