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Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Institute also announced its initial founding members, including IAG, Cbus, ANZ, QBE, KPMG, State Super, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, HSBC, AMP Capital, EY, Point Advisory, S&P Global, Link Group, Allianz, Moody's ESG, and Metrics. ...

Agriculture business signs first sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... big four bank has inked the first sustainability linked loan (SLL) for Australia's agriculture industry. Commonwealth Bank has signed an SLL with premium Queensland producer Stockyard Group for an undisclosed sum. The three-year loan has set targets ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The Royal Adelaide Hospital has secured $2.2 billion in social and green loan refinance. Commonwealth Bank served as joint sustainability coordinator on a $2.2 billion loan for Celsus, the consortium responsible for designing, financing, constructing ...

Super funds file Modern Slavery Statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... statements averaged 10 pages. Rainmaker deemed the most comprehensive were those lodged by funds including HostPlus, Commonwealth Super Corporation, BT Super, CBUS and UniSuper. The least informative statement was just a single page, Rainmaker said. ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank will finance a plastics recycling facility, its first commitment under the Australian Recycling Investment Fund. The CEFC will commit up to $16.5 million in debt finance to a new polyethylene ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... development of the BNPL Code of Conduct as well. Other providers are opting to view BNPL as credit products. Commonwealth Bank of Australia is launching its own BNPL offering from mid-2021, and CBA CEO Matt Comyn told the House of Representatives Standing ...

Investors outline roadmap for mandatory climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... regulators to cut red tape for business and support investment across Australia." The report calls on APRA, ASIC, Commonwealth Treasury and the ASX Corporate Governance Council to issue strengthened guidance and taking other regulatory and legislative ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... ending 31 December 2025. Last year, Wesfarmers signed a $400 million bilateral sustainability linked loan with Commonwealth Bank, with the interest rate in part linked to reduced carbon emissions intensity of ammonium nitrate within the chemicals, energy ...

Real estate investment group issues $300 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable and social financing initiatives across Lendlease's global portfolio, Lendlease said. ANZ, Bank of China, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and HSBC were mandated as Joint Lead Managers of the transaction. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... families." Westpac acted as the sole sustainability structurer on the deal, while Westpac, Royal Bank of Canada and Commonwealth Bank of Australia have been appointed as joint mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. The global SLL market has grown significantly ...