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Sustainable debt, finance in strong start to 2022: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... billion in bonds for the year to 30 July, on par with 2021, according to Tessa Dann, a director in ANZ's sustainable finance team. ANZ sees that approximately ~22% of the total Australia loan volumes was done in green or sustainability linked format ...

Heritage Bank hires first ESG and sustainability manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... identify and implement opportunities. "I have always believed that real change towards a Net-Zero future begins with the finance industry and being able to drive this change at Heritage was an opportunity I could not pass up."

Industry reacts to ASIC greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... announced that they are setting any mandatory standards around ESG disclosure, however the European Union's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) regime has brought a level of regulation and definitions to products, and the US Securities ...

CEFC allocates $2m to airlines emissions solution developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has allocated $2 million to an Australian manufacturing company developing a solution to combat aviation carbon emissions. CEFC has joined venture capitalist Bill Tai and Amanda Terry of ACTAI Ventures in ...

SGCH publishes first impact report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... SGCH participated in a retrofit program called the Home Energy Action Program with partner financier the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. The program had a $4.8 million cofounding agreement which retrofitted ...

ANZ creates head of environmental markets role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... been appointed as ANZ's inaugural head of environmental markets, reporting jointly to ANZ managing director, corporate finance, Christina Tonkin and managing director for markets Shayne Collins. Kodell joined ANZ last year as ESG advisor from KEAL Capital ...

RIAA tapped to run TNFD consultation group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Financial Disclosures (TNFD) in Australia and New Zealand. The RIAA TNFD consultation group will bring together business, finance, public sector and civil society organisations to drive engagement in nature-related business and finance issues and the ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... drivers for businesses to enhance sustainability reporting - risk assessment and strategic planning, access to cheaper finance, more efficient capital allocation, and regulatory and investor pressure. At the moment, climate-related disclosures are broadly ...

Blackmores inks $75m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Blackmores has refinanced $150 million of existing loan facilities and linked half of the refinancing to sustainability targets. The new sustainability linked loan agreement will incentivise Blackmores to achieving on targets including reductions of ...

ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... refreshment of board membership is crucial to ensure the inclusion of relevant skills. Melior cited skills in areas such as finance and audit, sector expertise, cybersecurity, customer and supply chain, environmental sustainability, international, social ...