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Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative has released proposed eligibility criteria for solar assets under the Climate Bond Standard and Certification Scheme. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO The criteria specifies the amount of non-solar fuel back-up, or hybridization ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
There is US$364 billion of climate-themed bonds outstanding in 2013, with issuance of new climate-themed bonds up 25% in 2012, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. Sean Kidney The report ...

Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... "... I explain to them that the bond as a product is supposed to be no-risk or/low-risk, which is why governments issue bonds. The kinds of project we want to put into the social benefits bond have to be as safe as houses while also offering a highly ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... draw further conclusions." The Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices are not specifically constructed to include green bonds, but green bonds can be included in the benchmarks if they meet size, quality and ESG ratings standards, Nishikawa said. "We ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... supporting families to prevent the need of putting children in foster care. The government will pay back the value of the bonds at the end of the term based on the program's effectiveness. The final bond has yet to be launched. See Also: New South Wales ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... been a bridge too far for the way we've thought about our world." Brandweiner highlighted examples including social benefit bonds and social enterprises like Barefoot Power as potential targets for investment that have targeted economic and social impacts. ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... some examples in Australia where social impact is being taken into consideration, including the issuance of social benefit bonds in New South Wales. "With the social benefit bond trials, there are some very stringent and transparent easy-to-measure measurements," ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... business." Gales has extensive experience in social investment - he has been involved in the development of social benefit bonds in NSW and in the establishment in the Phoenix Fund in the UK to support small enterprises in disadvantaged communities. ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... head of sustainability at LGS. "We are trying to get that via ESG integration and the thematic allocation like these green bonds." Hartnett noted that the green bond appeals to LGS on a number of levels, including the fact that they are AAA rated notes ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... identified unlisted alternative assets including private equity, infrastructure, agriculture, timber and private equity/green bonds as potential vehicles that could provide purest access to sustainability themes, minus the volatility of listed assets. ...