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HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... which aims to expand carbon farming in the state by supporting land-sector projects that deliver additional environmental, social and economic co-benefits, which Bhattacharjee said pointed to the state's investment in natural capital projects. "There ...

Greenwashing a challenge to sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... said. "To do this, we will assess companies across various measures based on over 700 academic and industry studies of social impacts and externalities." The tool will allow Schroders to measure a company's impact across 70 categories of data, and ...

Conscious Investment Management grows team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investment market more broadly, which is increasingly showing the power of financial capital to have a sustainable, positive social and environmental impact." Jordan has worked on transactions spanning public and private mergers and acquisitions, growth-equity ...

Bank launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... of being earmarked to an asset along the lines of what we call a 'use of proceeds' product such as a green bond or social bond," said Tessa Dann, a director in ANZ's sustainable finance team. "The sustainability-linked derivative is linked to the achievement ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... build more homes. Only a few days after the Redfern project official opening, NHFIC successfully issued $462 million in social bonds to institutional investors including super funds. Cbus Super and HESTA, the industry fund for the healthcare sector ...

Global fund manager launches bond impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... will allocate towards best-in-class ESG leading issuers and securities that provide direct and measurable environmental or social impact. The strategy will be co-managed by Stephen Liberatore, head of ESG/impact - global fixed income, Anupam Damani ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... its strategy to become carbon neutral by 2030. The Australian Unity Green Bond Fund invests in a combination of green, social and sustainable fixed interest securities with the primary purpose of helping to lower carbon emissions, and is managed by Australian ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... alignment with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and a commitment to measure and report the social and environmental impact of investment, lending and insurance decisions in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. The ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
It is possible to generate positive real world social and environmental outcomes through investment in a variety of asset classes while also generating financial returns, according to an expert panel at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
The $59 billion Rest industry super fund has launched its responsible investment option. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, Rest's 1.7 million members will now have access to 'Sustainable Growth', the fund's first ...