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NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... financial exclusion," said Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance. "We are seeing that investment by government, by banks, by us and by other organisations are starting to yield some dividends." NAB highlighted in its report that of the total ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... chairman of Iman Operations. "I think there's a lot of value add," Doyle said. "We could have gone to the market and to the banks, but when I looked at SVA, their values and goals are similar to ours. It seems to be like more than just a financial arrangement ...

IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... worked in sustainable energy financing in China since 2006 and has provided loans of US$783 million through its partner banks to 178 energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects, which cut more than 18.6 million tons of greenhouse-gas emissions a ...

Green Bond Principles jumps to 25 banking supporters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Market Association (ICMA) has been appointed secretariat. The Green Bond Principles were launched in January with 12 global banks endorsing the principles. The Principles have moved forward by releasing its governance framework and naming ICMA the secretariat. ...

Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... 2020. Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS are the other founding signatories. Participating banks will support initiatives to reform supply chains of commodities that are grown rather than mined to reduce tropical deforestation. ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... bank and pointed to the UK's Big Society Capital as a model. The social investment bank could "be supported by the 'Big 4' [banks] and funded by unclaimed superannuation and/or bank accounts," SVA said. "This organisation would also look to build effective ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... next week. Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director GABV is a global group of 25 sustainable bank, including microfinance banks in emerging markets, credit unions, community banks and sustainable banks financing social, environmental and cultural enterprise. ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... on deals that will bring investment up, and the social enterprises are busy creating business and making an impact. The banks and other entities are developing financial products, but they've all got their heads down and don't have time to fill the gaps ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Thirteen global investment banks have endorsed the Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bonds. Marilyn Ceci, managing director, JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank Bank of America Merrill ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... assets, and we haven't marketed all those yet, but we will, gradually." For their part, New Forests invests in mitigation banks, particularly in the United States, Hanlon said. A Mitigation bank is "a wetland, stream, or other aquatic resource area that ...