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Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... objectives: collaborate with First Nations Peoples' to increase their voices in responsible investment and sustainable finance; assist with facilitating First Nations peoples' conversations for the responsible investment sector; facilitate education ...

Green loans to finance light rail, battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... megawatt hours (MWh) of energy, equivalent to powering up to 57,000 Australian homes, BNP Paribas said. "We believe project finance could become increasingly important in the delivery of battery projects across Australia," said Karine Delvallee, head ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... and they have been integrating ESG for the past 10 years. Obviously, they know the companies inside out, they can read finance statements, use external sources and the beauty here is because the step one is revenue based activity based there is a lot ...

First Sentier Investor hires IR director for direct infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... women in funds management, having founded the 3TOM networking group. She was also a founding member of the 100 Women in Finance (Sydney) organising committee and is a member of the CFA Diversity Committee. Kabashima said she is pleased to be joining ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
The development of an industry-led taxonomy to provide common definitions of sustainable finance across investment, banking and insurance is one of the next steps in implementing the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative roadmap (ASFI), but while ...

Vellum Funds Management builds property with NDIS units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... comprising of five other Australian business leaders with experience across property, super, responsible investment, banking, finance, aged care and not-for-profits. A new investor in the company, AustralianSuper also have two board seats, filled by ...

Downer inks $1.4 billion sustainability-linked debt facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... for their investors and lenders," said Hamish Kelly, head of global banking, HSBC Australia. "Interest in sustainable finance has spread widely since the first Australian green bond was issued in 2014 and newer instruments like sustainability-linked ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... which is bringing along the whole supply chain and resulting in an uplift in revenue." These trends are affecting green finance deals specifically, and also impacts on the way that banks such as HSBC evaluate loan risks, Hughes said. "There are specific ...

Perception of ethics rises off back of COVID response: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Australians see society as more ethical than a year ago, but the finance, banking and insurance industries are at the bottom of ethical sectors, according to the Governance Institute of Australia's Ethics Index 2020. The survey of a thousand people's ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Expertise, Robeco, cited the European Union as an example. "You can clearly see that the EU is taking an ambitious sustainable finance plan as part of the EU green deal," van Lamoen said. "In the coming years, financial institutions and investors will ...