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RBA sets 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... committed to a 2030 net zero target for all Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Speaking at the Sir Leslie Melville Lecture in Canberra, incoming governor Michele Bullock announced the target and said the central bank is "also considering what sustainability ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... was a no vote? I think that would push us back decades in terms of reconciliation." Concerns that the Voice will be "Canberra-based" are baseless, he said, stating that "the opposition is disingenuous in representing the shortfalls of the Voice proposal." ...

NHFIC to finance Build-to-Rent-to-Buy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... women facing rental stress or at risk of homelessness. In a joint venture with the ACT Government and Community Housing Canberra Ltd (CHC), the NHFIC will provide up to $7.14 million in concessional loans from the National Housing Infrastructure Facility ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Recently passed legislation to reduce carbon emissions 43% by 2030 in law is currently the most prominent example of the Labor government's new action on material ESG issues, but experts tell FS Sustainability that more is being done, even if it's ...

Ethinvest opens Canberra office with industry heavyweight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Ethical investment advisory firm Ethinvest has a new office in Canberra as adviser Dave Rae joins the firm. Rae joins Ethinvest from Federated Financial Services. "I'd estimate that at the moment, probably 80% or higher of my clients are in some way ...

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Itochu Corporation and Alstom. The $620 million transaction follows the recent $280 million refinancing of ASI's Canberra Metro investment for Canberra's 12 kilometre integrated electric light rail system.

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Itochu Corporation and Alstom. The $620 million transaction follows the recent $280 million refinancing of ASI's Canberra Metro investment for Canberra's 12 kilometre integrated electric light rail system. The Canberra Metro deal, announced in ...

Queensland train project secures $620m green loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure project to meet this demand." The $620 million transaction follows the recent AU$280 million refinancing of ASI's Canberra Metro investment for Canberra's 12 kilometre integrated electric light rail system. The Canberra Metro deal, announced ...

MUFG Bank structures $333 million green financing deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... in another green financing deal. Canberra's light rail network has refinanced a $280 million debt facility, with Canberra Metro assisted by financial advisors MUFG, green loan coordinators ANZ and CBA and mandated lead arranger banks ANZ, CBA, ING ...

Green loans to finance light rail, battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... green loans totalling $400 million have been put in place to support light rail and a battery energy storage system. Canberra's light rail network has refinanced a $280 million debt facility, with Canberra Metro assisted by financial advisors MUFG, green ...