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Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... of product, transparency for investors and lenders, innovation in the use of proceeds and commitment to uphold market standards." Australia's annual green bond issuance in the 2018 calendar year nearly doubled, from $3.3 billion in 2017 to $6 billion. ...

Consultation paper seeks comment on disclosure of SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... that strikes me is that companies that use a number of reporting guidelines, including Integrated Reporting, the GRI Standards, the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures guidelines," Adams said. "That's quite a lot of work in itself, and ...

Companies increase ESG reporting, but "glaring gaps" remain: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... workplace fatalities were contractors, "suggesting there is a disconnect between the safety practices of companies and the standards they require of contractors." The report also found that 67 companies disclosed no safety information, including eight ...

QIC Shopping Centre Fund issues $300m certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... new builds and retrofits of existing stock," Kidney said. "With this green property bond QIC is meeting international standards and demonstrating to investors and the wider market best practice in green investment."

AIIB, Aberdeen Standard Investments form strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Capital Markets Initiative, which aims to "catalyse ESG investing strategies, act as an engine of change to improve ESG standards and build capacity around responsible investing with various market participants including corporate bond issuers, rating ...

ISS ESG launches Solactive ISS ESG Prime Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... requirements defined by ISS based on the ESG risk exposure and impact of their respective business models and value chains. The standards are based on established norms such as the United Nations Global Compact and the absence of significant involvement ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... quality, and not just confirming that people are delivering on what people say they're delivering on, but enforcing minimum standards," O'Connor said. "We're defining those, for example, ESG integration will align with that, the consumer expectation ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... "We have to look to reporting more generally beyond modern slavery," she said. "The GRI is revising their human rights standards. We think that companies will face a lot more pressure to report on their exposures, to understand what their salient human ...

Insight Investment applies traffic light analysis to green, impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... traffic light score to impact bonds, and found that "many of the instruments coming to market fall short of minimum standards for sustainability." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst, Insight Investment Insight Investment's traffic light score examines ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments hires Bill Hartnett

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... investment manager, engagement continues to be at the heart of our approach and it is important for us to influence the standards of governance. With Bill's depth of knowledge and experience, he is a strong addition to the team and will be invaluable ...