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Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... for social impact, and in developing principles to guide the sector and inform best practice and retain integrity. "Standards should be industry led," Charlton said. "Government plays a role in access to information, and the taskforce gets at that - ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... issuers are still not meeting what we would define as a minimum level of transparency and effective use of proceeds standards." Insight Investment applies a traffic light score, which analyses a social or environmental impact bond on three categories ...

GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) is developing a new Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard for the agriculture and fishing sector. The GSSB, the independent body that sets the GRI standards, launched the Sector Program in 2019. ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Regulation Authority, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the ASX Corporate Governance Outlines and the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (AuASB) have all issued guidances and statements in recent years ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... has outlined ESG trends that they think will impact in 2020, including predicting that the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) will emerge as the leading global ESG disclosure framework. Colton pointed to SASB's transparent methodology as ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... natural capital going forward." Petersen noted that there is a coalition in Australia working to develop accounting standards for natural capital, which will be an essential tool going forward. The finance industry is also in the spotlight, as the public ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... 10-15% uptake. The idea of a taxonomy isn't new." However, even as different initiatives and jurisdictions come up with standards, taxonomies and other methodologies for quantifying or certifying green attributers, Ceci pointed out that not all sectors ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency, to cut our energy use and reduce our emissions." The 7-star rating materially exceeds the minimum standards of the National Construction Code, and homes built to this rating require less energy for heating and cooling, the CEFC said. ...

HESTA names Andrew Major chief risk and compliance officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... and represents HESTA on several Fund Advisory Boards. He has also recently served as a director of the Climate Bonds Standards Board and as co-chair of the UN PRI Infrastructure Advisory Committee.

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... through a three-step due diligence process to ensure high quality. The projects have been certified by international standards such as VCS or Gold Standard, the project developers have undergone a strict banking due diligence and lastly, the projects ...