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Charter Hall signs green development loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... opens the door for other developers to follow. "This new application of the green loan overlay will incentivise more Australian property developers to commit to building new commercial building stock to high environmental standards," Davis said.

NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... resident wellbeing initiatives and initiatives to improve workforce diversity. Jenkins anticipates similar demand in the Australian market. Developing the SLD market comes with challenges - Jenkins points to the need to have scrupulous standards when ...

PRI augments Australian team with hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Asai is based in Melbourne. Mayleah House joined the PRI on 16 August as a senior policy analyst. She comes from the Australian Conversation Foundation where she worked as an economic analyst and campaigner, and she is admitted as a solicitor of the ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoint new head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... investments, platforms and advice divisions. Pringle has also served as co-chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) technical working group on meeting community expectations. In the last 12 months with Maple-Brown Abbot, Pringle ...

Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The renamed Australian Sustainable Finance Institute has appointed three initial Katharine Tapley, Michelle McPherson and Kristian Fok, who are taking the helm to lead this important delivery phase. "We are hugely thankful for the work driven over the ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Companies in the financial sector are building momentum towards implementing the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI), including aspects of integrating sustainability into day to day practice. ASFI has released its first momentum report ...

New CEO search underway for IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... based in EY's Sydney office. "Under Emma's leadership the investor voice has become clear and impactful in the Australian and New Zealand climate change discussion," says Stephen Dunne, IGCC chair. "Emma has overseen a massive growth in the size ...

Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Change (IGCC). "The expansion of participation in the Net Zero Assets Managers Initiative sends a further signal to the Australian and New Zealand markets that global capital is swinging behind a net zero emissions and resilient future." "The asset management ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... to G8's quality of education and care, and the safety of G8 team members. These will be measured by the ACECQA (The Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority) rating and Team Member Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate. "One of the key ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... This piece was contributed by Jacki Johnson and Simon O'Connor, co-chairs of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative and solely reflect the writers' opinion Many will opine on the lessons learnt from 2020, but the seismic shifts that occurred ...