Search Results

Showing 21 - 30 of 39 results for "rating system"

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... certified under the Climate Bonds Standard, and the commercial properties are five-stars or higher under the NABERS rating system. The Westpac Climate Bond is the first climate bond directly issued by Westpac

Westpac Group issues $500m climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... certified under the Climate Bonds Standard, and the commercial properties are five-stars or higher under the NABERS rating system. The Westpac Climate Bond is the first climate bond directly issued by Westpac. Westpac Institutional Bank had a lead management ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... bringing the properties to the equivalent of at least 4.5 stars under the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS), CEFC said. Bringing additional energy efficiency improvements to the commercial property sector can have a "substantial ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... standards such as IRIS (Impact Reporting and Investment Standards) or labels such as GIIRS (Global Impact Investing Rating System)," Christensen said this week while in Australia to present at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... monitoring,such as IRIS (Impact Reporting and Investment Standards) or labels such as GIIRS (Global Impact Investing Rating System), AXA IM said. "We look forward to putting our imprint on how this sector is shaped," Christensen said. "There are a number ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Net Balance has partnered with BITC to manage the CR Index in Australia. The 2014 CR Index features a redesigned rating system that evaluates and ranks companies on a scale of one to five stars, moving away from the previous bronze, silver, gold and ...

CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... finance used for major building retrofits that are designed to lift a property's National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) rating by at least two stars, up to at least four stars, CEFC said. "Up to 80% of Australia's commercial office ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB, Westpac top "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... its employees, and the environment, the bank said. Ethisphere Institute selects companies based on its proprietary rating system, the Ethics Quotient (EQ). A company is rated on its ethics and compliance program (25%), its reputation, leadership and ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... and portfolios." Work with clients can also entail evaluating investors' external managers against Mercer's ESG rating system and evaluating thematic allocations across asset classes, Ambachtsheer said. "We assign an ESG rating to every strategy, and ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... properties." EUAs are already in operation and can be used to upgrade 0-star National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) buildings to perform as 4 and 5-star properties. CEFC cited several projects for which it provided financing through ...