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World first $1.6bn Climate Bonds green loan: QIC and Vector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... and international lenders. QIC reached contractual close in a joint venture deal with Vector Ltd for Vector Metering in April 2023. "This investment, together with the green financing instrument we have secured, is another demonstration of QIC Infrastructure's ...

Strong demand for green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... bonds to create a benchmark. He also highlighted Australia's announced intention to issue sovereign green bonds as well. In April, the federal government announced it will introduce a Sovereign Green Bonds program "enabling investors to back public projects ...

Western Australia issues first green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... international requirements for funding through green or social bonds. WATC established its Sustainability Bond Framework in April 2023, structured in accordance with the International Capital Market Association's Green and Social Bond Principles ...

Aussie AI platform aids HK firms in Scope 3 emissions compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Board (ISSB) Climate Standard and enforce Scope 3 emissions reporting disclosure. The proposed regulations, released in April this year, come into effect from January 2024. Although Scope 3 emissions contribute approximately 80% of the company's ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... could be exposed to significant risk. Australia's oldest power plant, AGL's Liddell power station, closed down 28 April. Travis Hughes, general manager of energy hubs for AGL, says that more closure plans are in motion for the energy company. ...

ASIC fines Future Super over greenwashing Facebook post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... people prior to being taken down. Future Super self-reported this to ASIC and paid the $13,320 infringement notice on 27 April 2023. "The post on the Future Super Fund Facebook page overstated the positive environmental impact of the fund and we were ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It is 10 years since more than a thousand people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker ...

California considers bill to force fossil fuel divestment for CalPERS, CalSTRS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Employment and Retirement. Four Senate committee members referred the bill to the Judiciary Committee for a further hearing on 18 April. CalPERS - the California Public Employees Retirement System - has approximately US$443 billion in assets under management ...

Australian Ethical hires CIO, head of impacts and ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Ethical also announced two other appointments. Ludovic Theau will join the firm as Chief Investment Officer effective 3 April 2023. Theau is the former chief investment officer of the $30 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Theau has more than ...

New Forests appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... billion in assets under management," he said. Mark Rogers will become chief executive of the global investment manager in April, while Brand will take on the new role of chair. Rogers has been managing director, Australia and New Zealand since 2016 and ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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