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bankmecu to offer environmental upgrade agreement finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... (EUAs). graphic courtesy SMF bankmecu said that it would consider lending on terms as far out as 20 years, compared to other banks, which cap their EUAs at 10 years. Additionally, the bank has not set parameters around minimum and maximum sizes of potential ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... 22 nd values-based bank to join the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). GABV is an organization of sustainable banks from around the world, including microfinance banks in emerging markets, credit unions, community banks and sustainable banks ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... services sector was the hardest hit, suffering $322 million in fraud losses in the past two years. Nevertheless, the large banks have generally done well in implementing systems to combat fraud, bribery and corruption, Gill said. "The financial services ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities." The banking and real estate sectors have had the biggest improvement in average scores since 2004 - up 14% for banks and up 8% for real estate.

Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... assets, Collins said. "We have some long-life assets and we wanted to amortize the debt over a longer time-frame than the banks can typically accommodate for a new business that's doing something new and innovative to reduce the carbon intensity of the ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... evolution across that early work - how do we then start working with people in a culturally appropriate context." See Also: Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... leaders in the Global 500, US and UK companies. Australia's carbon disclosure leaders are unusual among global peers in that banks and property companies top the list - the report notes that the financial sector is under-represented in other CDP indices ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon units ahead of the planned launch of the flexible period, some are selling their freely allocated carbon units to banks. The report also noted that from 2015, European Union Allowances (EUAs) can be used to meet up to half of liable entities' ...

AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... remuneration, control, employees, environment and board - and evaluated about 250 companies within the FTSE350, excluding banks, investment companies, and Lloyds brokers. The research demonstrated that the better a company's performance in those six ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... capital. "A lot of people would typically say our brand is our retail branches, where we're one of Australia's largest business banks, and we are a huge banker to agribusiness," said Rosemary Bissett, head of sustainability governance and risk, enterprise ...