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Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... should be the source of continuing motivation for all parts of the financial services industry in Australia and globally. "Banks, insurers, super funds, and MNCs are all wanting to express something and articulate something about their commitment, their ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... and that they matter, and that we across sectors can play a role - whether we be insurance companies, energy providers, banks, telcos, the state government of Queensland, two leading NGOs, and that we are committing. This whole program is about turning ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... UCA Funds Management flagged that his organisation is assessing its position on online gambling with a particular focus on banks that permit their credit cards to be used in the process of online gambling. Walsh was a key leader in a multi-stakeholder ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... than divesting over climate change concerns. Blicavs also noted that members are concerned about the fund's holdings in banks, as banks are financiers of fossil-fuel related projects. Emslie pointed out that member activism and NGO engagement with superannuation ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical biobank. (See article here ) In the past, measuring SROI has not always been a business activity, and many ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical biobank, New Forests said. New Forests offers commingled funds and separate accounts for institutional investors ...

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... to be the first of many in the region. The Asian Development Bank's backing is a good example of the key role development banks play. Its credit-enhancement, and the consequent lower cost of capital for the project, is exactly what's required if the ...

Global Reporting Initiative to open Manila Office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... the region." GRI currently carries out work in the ASEAN region, including working with stock exchanges and development banks, supported by the governments of Australia, Switzerland, Sweden and others for its work in the region. Later in March, GRI will ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... for finance, Whitehead said. "You are going to have detailed policies on who you will deal with, and ANZ and basically all banks are going to have limits to who they deal with how they check and scrutinise operations," he said. "I've seen it over the ...

Global underwriters issue US$15bn in green bonds in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... the Q4 table is Credit Agricole CIB with its total Q4 underwriting deals of $994m dominated by issuances from development banks," the Climate Bond Initiative said. "Besides being the sole manager for two of its own green bond issuances, CACIB was also ...