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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 ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... "What we see a significant opportunity for investments, up front, by the government, the Reserve Bank of Australia or the banks themselves in investing directly in community finance," Mooney said. "There is tremendous opportunity in community finance/microfinance. ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Canopy Programme said. "We are extremely pleased to be supporting the NCD, which provides a unique platform to help mobilise banks, investors and insurance companies to sustainably manage the planet's natural capital, and better understand its full value," ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... helping people have a healthy relationship with money." The second pillar - building prosperous communities - covers the banks' commercial business and investment activities, but will also communicate their work with not for profits, employee volunteering ...