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CBA to pilot green loans for agribusiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is piloting a green loan program that will offer discounted finance to agribusiness customers that are seeking to improve the environmental performance of their properties. The Agri Green Loan Pilot will provide loans with a ...

Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Citi has launched a Sustainability-linked Supply Chain Finance (SSCF) program that links working capital finance to sustainability goals within supply chains. The program is a first for Asia Pacific customers, said Scott Southall, treasury and trade ...

Australian company boards lack skill, experience to lead net zero transition: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Australian company directors "lack the skills and experience" to lead the transition to net zero emissions by 2050, according to a report by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Further, the IGCC report, A Changing Climate: what investors expect ...

COP26 week two: impacts for Australians

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Even as country delegations at COP26 got down to the business of negotiations, there was still room for dramatic announcements, with the US and China issuing a joint announcement committing to "enhanced climate actions" through the 2020s in the context ...

APAC investors taking decarbonisation action: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are gearing up for a surge in decarbonisation target-setting, with asset owners in Asia Pacific more advanced than global peers, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). SSGA has released The World Targets Change, in ...

COP26 commitments on methane to impact infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
COP26 action on reducing methane emissions will bring implications for infrastructure investments, according to ClearBridge Investments. The lack of hard targets from COP26 does not mean that investor action on climate risk will halt, said ClearBridge ...

CEFC makes $25m allocation to Orica to manage nitrous oxide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... The Kooragang Island Decarbonisation Project is an important initiative in Orica realising its 2030 emissions reduction target. "This project marks an important step towards our medium-term target and long-term net zero ambition, and we welcome the CEFC's ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Researchers at RMIT have called on the federal government to set a net zero target for 2035, re-introduce a national price on carbon and mandate reporting of carbon emissions to support businesses in achieving decarbonisation goals. Lead author of the ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
The first week of COP26's headlines has been dominated by world leaders' speeches and their commitments. In addition to the political rhetoric - which has been welcomed with varying degrees of satisfaction - there have also been a number of ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... we've had is applying the models to the unlisted credit space. Unlisted companies haven't traditionally been a target of the CDP and so we've had to evolve the model to create a risk assessment that is a proxy of what the CDP looks at to ...