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Solar financier to issue certified green ABS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... improvement businesses to offer finance to over 50,000 Aussie households. "Brighte and NAB have brought an innovative financing model to the market, a tangible example of the opportunities green finance offers in providing clean energy and climate solutions," ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Bank (AAIB) and Amundi will launch an investment framework aimed at informing "targeted sustainable and responsible financing." The AIIB-Amundi Climate Change Investment Framework "translates key objectives of the Paris Agreement into fundamental metrics ...

Australia "woefully unprepared": Australian Climate Roundtable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... sector to "facilitate investment in resilience measures through supporting the development of innovative resilience financing options and, where appropriate, the application of national standards to build resilience (e.g. the construction code)." The ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... piece on banks and insurers, because they have other considerations with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing obligations." Identifying human rights exploitation is essential because of compliance with Australian legal obligations, but ...

MUFG appoints Rob Ward head of project finance, ESG finance, Oceania

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... both regionally and globally to further help MUFG leverage its global network and meet the increasing demand for ESG financing and advice across our Institutional customer base." In 2019, MUFG announced that it will commit a total sum of JPY20 trillion ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Impact Investor Social Enterprise Finance Australia (Sefa) expects to increase the number of social enterprises it can finance as a result of participating in the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna ...

AustralianSuper names Tom Garcia head of financial crime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... November. As part of his new role, Garcia is responsible for complying with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing responsibilities, preventing fraud and other financial crime, as well as business continuity, privacy, data governance and ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... it yields the same result," he said. "All things being equal, if you have a clearer ESG narrative, your cost of debt financing is cheaper. That is to the benefit of the corporate - there is a corporate perk of having higher disclosure and better, consistent ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Bond at a near-zero yield while further expanding its investor base in Europe. The bond was issued under KHFC's Social Financing Framework, which meant a diverse investor base ranging from traditional Covered Bond investors to ESG investors who "acknowledge ...

HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... coal mining restriction across all investment options and recently extended this restriction to further eliminate the financing of potentially stranded assets, HESTA noted. The foundation of the CCTP and the work that will be needed to ensure its implementation ...