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Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... industry regulators seize opportunities to create financial value while addressing unmet social and environmental needs at scale," according to FSG. The paper was sponsored by National Australia Bank, Itau Unibanco, and the Inter-American Development ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... transparency by providing a centralised marketplace for participants." Part of the RET includes the generation of Large-scale Generation Certificates (LGCs) and Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs), both of which will be tradable on the platform ...

Addressing the human crisis of climate change displacement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... voluntary relocation, creating new national agencies and expanding political will," which, if implemented, can reduce the scale and suffering of human displacement because of climate change. "Land falls at the centre," Leckie said. "Using the most widely ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Property Working Group of the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). "But to do this effectively and at scale will require more confidence in the tools, standards and models available to measure green buildings and their financial performance. ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... as proposed under the Direct Action Plan, there are questions over contract length and particularly the impacts on large-scale projects, said de Wit. "The main thing that was raised during the comment period between the green and white papers is the ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... (SIA). The partnership with InterFinancial is "the first phase" in a broader capital strategy to expand Foresters' scope and scale, said Belinda Drew, Foresters chief executive officer. InterFinancial's investment in shares of SIA is part of a recapitalisation ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... made to meet regulatory or legal requirements established by governments, and those made locally as well as on a global scale, the report said. The report features breakouts on specific topics, including the new area of social benefit bonds. KPMG said ...

Vast Solar begins construction on 6MW solar thermal station

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... deliver a step-change reduction in the cost of solar thermal power - making CST an affordable and practical option for large-scale power generation around the world. We could not have achieved these advances without the strong support of the Australian ...

bankmecu and Swan Hill Credit Union to merge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "SHCU is an organisation in a strong financial position that wanted to find a merger partner to achieve economies of scale and increase product offering to their members."

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... scope for expansion. "We're reaching 6% of the market," Mooney said of Good Shepherd Microfinance's program. "If we were to scale it up to meet the market, we would need a $500 million loan pool. We're grateful to NAB to have a $30m revolving credit ...