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Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Green Bonds program has been welcomed, with fixed income managers pointing to increased Australian dollar-denominated green bond supply and enhanced transparency as positive future developments. Last week, the government announced the program, saying ...

Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... engagement with investors. This move would put Australia in line with other countries who have developed similar sovereign green bond programs, including New Zealand.

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... transition, citing the example of the Bank of England and the European Central Bank having adjusted their support for corporate bond markets to favour "greener" corporate bonds. "Credit allocation between sectors should not be the decision of unelected ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... get attention and hopefully share some of those decisions to the outcomes that we know we want to see". The global green bond market reached US$269.5 billion (AU$398.9 billion) in 2020, up from US$170 billion (AU$251. 6billion) in 2018, according to ...

CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... drive market leading measurement approaches with its issuers around climate-related disclosures. As the Australian green bond market matures, a stronger regime of issuer measurement and disclosure will attract the growing pool of investors who want to ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Bank Australia has announced that it will aim to reduce its carbon emissions by 64% by 2030 as an interim step to net zero by 2035. The mutual bank's target, which applies to Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and covers its financed emissions, has been validated ...

Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... important or central to their investment policy and this is projected to increase to 66% over the next two years. Equities, green bonds and private markets are the leading asset classes for biodiversity integration, however the biggest barriers to implementation ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... as well," Ng said. "The IIX team are in discussions to try and make this a broader application, in the way that the Green Bond Principles are related to the Green Loan Principles. This year, IIX is planning to double the size of the bond to US$100 million ...

Brambles launches Australian-first circular economy green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Logistics company Brambles has launched its first green bond, with a €500 million issuance linked to the company's circular business and sustainability performance. This is the first green bond issued by an Australian company that is linked to circular ...

Podcast: Greening corporate finance - Alison Chan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode, we speak with Metrics investment director - sustainable finance Alison Chan. Chan has packed a lot of career experience into a short amount of time and we going to talk the state of sustainable finance in Australia as well as the future ...