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Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... undertaking to work with bodies such as the Climate Bonds Initiative, governments, development institutions, cities, commercial banks, NGOs and other stakeholders, to "grow a large and robust market that makes as real contribution to addressing climate ...

AMP Capital hire Kristen Le Mesurier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Securities where she was associate director, financials on the firm's on the institutional desk, advising large institutions on banks, insurers and diversified financials. Prior to this, she was a senior analyst with Ownership Matters, a corporate governance ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... said. "In this way, we can help fill the funding gap in the large-scale solar sector, and encourage greater participation by banks and other institutions as the sector expands and develops a track record of proven credit and operational performance," ...

EY appoints new climate change and sustainability leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... appointed EY's Asia Pacific Climate Change and Sustainability Leader. "There is sometimes a perception that it is just the banks and resource companies who worry about sustainability issues, but it is mainstream now - it's across all industries," Bell ...

Teachers Mutual Bank cash product certified ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Teachers Mutual Bank's sustainability policies and makes the product attractive to a wider range of investors, James said. "Banks in general tend to be large investors in the fossil fuel sector, so becoming the first certified responsible bank on these ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... company reputation. Going further down the value chain, the ESG concerns over gas and coal projects have impacts on the banks that finance projects. "The banks are obviously an intermediary," Vernon said. "They're tied to the success of the local economy ...

Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... place after AGL Energy. See Also: ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... study of 30 financial institutions, Bank and Investor Risk Policies for Soft Commodities, and highlighted the polices that banks and investors can adopt to mitigate deforestation and forest degradation "resulting from unsustainable practices across agricultural ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... is a month after AGL, giving the group time to consider its options. Last year, ACCR campaigned to get the four largest banks - National Australia Bank (NAB), Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and ANZ Bank - to improve their disclosure around ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... volatile earnings because of low output, wind farms can potentially access lower costs to debt financing, Summons noted. "Banks, I think it's fair to say, they struggle with getting across the risks to wind farms," he said. "What we're hopeful to see ...