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Queensland train project secures $620m green loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Principles, 2020 issued by the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and achieved certification under the Climate Bond Initiative under the Low Carbon Transport Criteria. The project aligns with the criteria through its commitment to offer low-carbon ...

Science-Based Targets an indicator of future climate action: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Companies that set with the Science-based Targets to reduce climate change risk are a "strong indicator of future performance on emissions reduction" and this information can be useful in constructing fixed income portfolios, according to Federated ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... from industry-led guidelines such as the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles and the Climate Bonds Initiative, towards regulation and legal definitions such as the European Union taxonomy for sustainable activities. ...

Signs of a "greenium" in bond market: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
There is increasing signs of a "greenium" in public and private sector bond issuance. The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has released the latest Green Bond Pricing in the Primary Market H2 2020 report. Analysis reveals that on average, both EUR and ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... new normal for Australia's financial system in 2021 and beyond. We are in the midst of significant social, economic and climate related upheaval. This is resulting in a significant reorientation of global capital in recent history, and with the momentum ...

MUFG Bank structures $333 million green financing deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... banks ANZ, CBA, ING, Mizuho, NAB and SMBC. The Canberra Metro debt facility is certified as a green loan under the Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Criteria. The project incorporated sustainability principles during design and construction ...

Green loans to finance light rail, battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... CBA, ING, Mizuho, NAB and SMBC. The Canberra Metro debt facility is certified as a green loan under the Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Criteria. The project incorporated sustainability principles during design and construction and is ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... and Asia. The DWS ESG Advisory Board members are Peter Damgaard Jensen, chairman of the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the main European investor body focused on climate change. He is also former CEO of the Danish Pension Fund ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... year to deliver the work of that roadmap, to start deliver a working group around taxonomy, guidance on [Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures] TCFD recommendations, to start convening a project group around the Task Force on Nature-related ...

Climate Bond Standard launches shipping criteria for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... to evaluate whether a shipping project contributes to climate change mitigation as a basis for certification for climate bond status. The criteria provide guidance on how companies can the performance of their assets and their business lines towards ...