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Green bond issuance hits US$36.6 billion for 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... The strong increase in issuance was spurred by new entrants from the corporate and municipal bond side, while development banks "continued to be the backbone of green bond issuance," according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. The development banks account ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The four largest banks in Australia have committed to improving their disclosure of how much of their financing operations go towards emissions-intensive assets, and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has said it will this year ...

Paula Benson appointed NAB GM corporate affairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... previously worked as a director of the Port of Melbourne Corporation. See Also: Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... disclosures as well. The standards are being shaped at the moment with the UNEP FI working group and in work with the other banks, to establish the methodology for the sector."

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... allocation, but Verwey previously told The Sustainability Report that there is adequate supply in instruments from smaller banks and mutual banks that have identified themselves as fossil fuel free lenders. Verwey named Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, Bank ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... materiality in their risk management delectation, harmonising prudential standards for superannuation funds with those of banks and life insurers. "Given APRA's general approach towards cross-industry harmonisation of prudential requirements where appropriate ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel free financial/fixed income space, there are increasingly more options as well, particularly with second tier banks and mutual banks identifying that they're a fossil fuel free lender. It's a good opportunity for them. Bendigo & Adelaide ...

Bloomberg named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... support will help catalyse the finance sector's access to the practical approaches and tools that we are developing for banks and fund managers to consider natural assets and liabilities in decision-making." See Also: WBCSD named supporter of Natural ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... process will also require reviewing existing work to measure impact and then talk about impact as well. "A number of the banks have significant lending to community organisations, but they don't measure the impact, or they don't look at it as a separate ...

World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The world's six multilateral development banks will continue to "reinforce and further develop climate financing" ahead of the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Summit later this month. The African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development ...