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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 ...

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," ...