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Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... executive officer, SFC. "The SFC is pleased to have initiated this Cross-Agency Steering Group to coordinate Hong Kong's green finance strategy and to enhance its leading role in the global effort to ensure that companies disclose the impact of climate ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... growth. It provides a new platform for engagement between governments, development banks and global investors around green finance to fund new infrastructure." The report notes that regionally, Vietnam has one of the highest percentages of infrastructure. ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Climate Bonds Initiative, supported by HSBC, launched the ASEAN Green Finance State of the Market 2019 report, looking at the issuance of green bonds and green loans in Southeast Asia, covering Brunei ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... climate finance capacity mean we are well placed to become a major investor in low-emissions opportunities and a green finance hub for the region." The report notes that although investment in low-emissions activities is growing "at a rapid rate", that ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Property Treasury Pte Ltd. The decision to develop a whole of business framework for addressing green development and green finance is part of the company's business strategy, Boyd said. "We've raised a number of loans that in this space," he said. "This ...

Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... but what it opened up is that it allows us to tap into the huge appetite of banks and equity companies to provide green finance," he said. "We found that if you can be independently certified as being green, banks are very keen to lend to us, and because ...

Amundi focuses on green private credit market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... with other stakeholders to develop standards to define green credit. This will consist of a scientific committee of green finance to "define and promote environmental guidelines for these three markets in line with international best practice and legislation ...

Foresight Group launches Foresight Renwable Energy Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... the Carbon Trust. "The transition to a low carbon sustainable economy will require significant access to new and green finance, so it is particularly exciting to see an innovation in the market that allows wholesale individual investors to participate ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... Initiative has released its Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities Australia 2019 (GIIO) report, as well as the Green Finance State of the Market Australia (SoTM) 2019 report. The SoTM report that cumulative domestic green bond issuance reached ...

QIC Shopping Centre Fund issues $300m certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... manage on behalf of our investors." The issuance of the QSCF bond "represents another step in the mainstreaming of green finance and sustainability" in built environment assets, said Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative. "Australia's property ...