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Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... adversely affected. Overall, decarbonisation can be a major economic stimulus for the economy due to things like infrastructure investment. The best way to overcome the human cost is to ensure that mechanisms are in place to retrain workers and help ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bond based on green, social assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... social and green assets we felt, could not only be attractive to ESG investors, but more broadly, it highlights the infrastructure and services that the government is delivering for the people of NSW." The joint lead managers of the transaction are Australia ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... expand the scale of the fossil fuel industry, such as new gas fields in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and LNG infrastructure in the United States. The resolutions follow others challenging Rio Tinto, QBE, Suncorp and AGL to manage climate risk. IAG ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... warming is constrained to 2C, average sector-level return impacts to 2050 are all negative except for renewables, infrastructure, and minor positives for materials, telecoms and consumer staples. In 3C and 4C scenarios, all sectors, apart from renewables ...

Amundi focuses on green private credit market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... develop, but how do you kick it off. That's what we're trying to do." Amundi is also partnering with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on a US$500-million Asia Climate Bond Portfolio, aimed at "accelerat[ing] climate action in the Bank's ...

Foresight Group launches Foresight Renwable Energy Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Foresight Renewable Energy Income Fund (FREIF), aimed at providing private capital to small-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects in Australia. Foresight Group, a global infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has developed a sustainability ...

Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... Australia issued $15.6 billion in green bonds as of the end of June, yet there is a pipeline of more than 400 green infrastructure investment projects, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Climate ...

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... investors allocating capital across a broad range of classes including listed equities, private equity, fixed income, infrastructure, timber, forestry and agriculture, and real estate." The main barrier to increasing investment in green/climate-aligned ...

Brightlight Investment Management allocates to DPN Casa Capace

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... scalable life changing solutions. We see this as a compelling opportunity to support the development of modern social infrastructure that not only benefits the individuals and families who require it but demonstrates how we can work in partnership with ...

HESTA allocates $20 million to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... fundamental element of financial security and societal connection and the lack of affordable homes close to major infrastructure is a huge issue for the community and our members," said Debby Blakey, HESTA CEO. "We want to prove that you can invest to ...