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Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative CEO." "Funding for new infrastructure in public transport, clean energy and low carbon building development will all be boosted from this landmark green bond issuance, which meets international best practice in disclosure ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... the measurement of associated financial and social returns. "Government benefits by having better data, which goes to building better programs," she said. "But also enabling others in the market to have access to this data means that you can have better ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... aligned universe, followed by clean energy at $130 billion, or 19%. The rest of the $97 billion on issue is comprised of building and industry, agriculture and forestry, waste and pollution, water or multi-sector bonds. "The green bond market is about ...

CEFC provides $68m finance to Geelong office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Victoria to a 5.5 NABERS star rating. The office tower will serve as the new headquarters for WorkSafe Victoria. The building, 1 Malop Street, is designed by architects peckvonhartel and will merge the original heritage Dalgety & Co. building into a ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... out a lot of nuance to the analysis. "That doesn't even do justice to all the hard work around place-based support, the building up of communities and all that which is so important to creating greater social mobility for those that are in greatest need," ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives ARENA grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... other than commercial offices," said Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting projects. Under the terms, the building owner is ...

IGCC outlines climate change policy priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... certain key foundations we need to get right. This is the foundation of what is required, and what we're proposing is building the scaffolding." Investors will play a role in the economic transition to low carbon outcomes, and support an integrated policy ...

Verdia to assist companies on energy efficiency project design

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... "One [of the challenges ] is the confluence of three different things - the landlord, the commercial performance of the building and cost of the building combined with the technical performance, combined with the way to finance it in a way that is most ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... ETFs, de Marcillac noted. We are already seeing strong demand on the retail side with retail managers and wealth managers building ETFs," she said. "It's also regional - there is strong interest in Europe from institutional investors, particularly in ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership, collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... (SMEs) as part of their work to scale up collective efforts. "Increasing transparency of information is essential for building trust in both emerging and developed economies," Meehan said. UN Global Compact and GRI will specifically work to further SDG ...