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Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... technologies. The financial industry in particular is well placed to aide in the transition. The report found that tracked climate finance for mitigation is falling short of levels needed, and both public and private finance flows for mitigation and ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Bank Australia has announced that it will aim to reduce its carbon emissions by 64% by 2030 as an interim step to net zero by 2035. The mutual bank's target, which applies to Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and covers its financed emissions, has been validated ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... subordinated tranche with a 50% credit guarantee on the underlying loan portfolio by United States International Development Finance Corporation and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Nuveen was the anchor investor in the ...

Brambles launches Australian-first circular economy green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... with a coupon rate of 4.25%, was issued under Brambles' European Medium-Term Note programme and recently published Green Finance Framework which is aligned with the International Capital Market Association's Green Bond Principles and the Loan Market ...

Podcast: Greening corporate finance - Alison Chan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode, we speak with Metrics investment director - sustainable finance Alison Chan. Chan has packed a lot of career experience into a short amount of time and we going to talk the state of sustainable finance in Australia as well as the future ...

Fink counts the cost of "easy money" in annual letter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... wildfires, and more intense storms. In fact, it's hard to find a part of our ecology - or our economy - that's not affected. Finance is not immune to these changes. We're already seeing rising insurance costs in response to shifting weather patterns." ...

HSBC Australia hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions for eight sectors and will announce more this year. HSBC reported facilitating $84.2 billion of sustainable finance and investments in 2022 as part of a sustainable financing ambition of $1 trillion by 2030. Within Australia, HSBC was the sustainability ...

Australian Ethical hires CIO, head of impacts and ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Investment Officer effective 3 April 2023. Theau is the former chief investment officer of the $30 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Theau has more than 30 years of investment management and investment banking experience across Europe and Australia ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... inclusive." The Stafford Carbon Offset Opportunity Fund is classified as an Article 9 impact fund under the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and will look to invest in afforestation, natural forest restoration and improved forest management ...

Heavy industry could decarbonise with ambitious action: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... industry supply chains could transition to net zero with "strong, effective and coordinated action" between industry, finance and government, according to a new report. The Australian Industry Energy Transition Initiative (ETI) has released a third report ...