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IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
IFM investors is reporting a nearly 8% reduction in carbon emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2018 financial year. Chris Newton, head of responsible investing at IFM Investors. The IFM Investors' FY 2019 Australian ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... social bond - the 2017 Gender Equality bond - and we expanded that program to issue social bonds to fund social infrastructure, that is to finance and refinance the funding we provide on social inclusion, microfinance, student accommodation, public education ...

CEFC to oversee $300m Advancing Hydrogen Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... production projects; developing export and domestic hydrogen supply chains, including hydrogen export industry infrastructure; establishing hydrogen hubs; other projects that assist in building domestic demand for hydrogen. The Australian Renewable Energy ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has identified 16 green infrastructure projects and a sample pipeline of approximately 40 projects in Vietnam. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative CBI released the Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... first negative-yielding green bond in the region. "The report clearly reflects that platforms now exist to green infrastructure, economic development and national growth paths across the region," Kidney said. "Watch this flower blossom. Action now, to ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... requirements because you can't take the eye off the ball with compliance. Also, supporting a lot of that social infrastructure is what's important now." Health and safety - particularly mental health - is of immediate concern. "Where we're ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... the groundwork for decarbonisation of our economies. That means things like long-distance transmission projects, infrastructure for recharging electric vehicles, investing in capacity to build batteries for grid storage and vehicles, etc." Lashof acknowledged ...

Lighthouse Infrastructure hires Alex O'Dea as investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Sustainable infrastructure fund Lighthouse Infrastructure has hired Alex O'Dea to the newly created role of investment director. O'Dea joins Lighthouse Infrastructure in April, and will focus on portfolio management, investment strategy and product ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... approach and working on the capability of people to work in a different way." This is dependent on having the right infrastructure in place, and then developing the capability of the team and the manager, Annese said. "The main challenge is to know how ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... particularly digital health, and those will be important areas going forward. Add to that the payments and financial infrastructure, which are areas that we have been focused on and invested in across a number of geographies, and they too will be all ...