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HESTA names Andrew Major chief risk and compliance officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
HESTA has promoted Andrew Major to the newly created role of chief risk and compliance officer, joining the Fund's executive team. Debby Blakey, CEO HESTA Major comes to the new role having previously been general manager - unlisted assets at the $53 ...

Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Renewable energy generation developer Genex Power has closed a nearly $200 million debt funding package that has been verified as a green loan, certified by the Climate Bonds Standard. Simon Kidston, executive director, Genex Power The $192 million ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Two months ago, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices rated Westpac Australia's most sustainable bank, and the 9th most sustainable bank in the world for its 2019 index series. Rachel Alembakis, editor, The Sustainability Report DJSI isn't the ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... down to 'BB'. As with flexigroup's previous transactions, the green tranches, backed by solar receivables, have been Climate Bond Certified by the Climate Bonds Standard Board based in London. "With this latest transaction and the offer of green notes ...

TCorp reports on use of proceeds for initial $1.8 billion Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
TCorp, the New South Wales government's fundraising arm, has released its first report on its Sustainability Bond Programme, disclosing on the use of proceeds allocated from its $1.8 billion Green Bond issued in 2018. Fiona Trigona, head of funding ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bond based on green, social assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
TCorp, the New South Wales government's fundraising arm, will issue a sustainability bond in coming weeks, with proceeds to finance a combination of green and social assets. Fiona Trigona, head of funding and balance sheet, TCorp This will be the second ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... assets in issuance, because such assets are vulnerable to climate risks "not yet captured by current climate models." Climate Bond Initiative cited the establishment of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) in April of this year as a step ...

Amundi focuses on green private credit market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... trying to do." Amundi is also partnering with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on a US$500-million Asia Climate Bond Portfolio, aimed at "accelerat[ing] climate action in the Bank's members and address the underdevelopment of the climate ...

Foresight Group launches Foresight Renwable Energy Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Foresight Group will launch the Foresight Renewable Energy Income Fund (FREIF), aimed at providing private capital to small-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects in Australia. Foresight Group, a global infrastructure and private equity investment ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... corporations and governments to address rising emissions, urban congestion and sustainability pressures," according to the Climate Bond Initiative, with expanded green finance mechanisms and cooperation between public and private sector. The priority ...