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PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Danske Bankm Deutsche Bank Advisors, Generation Investment Management LLP, Global Evolution, Hermes Fund Managers Limited, HSBC Global Asset Management, Maplecroft, MN, MSCI, oekom research AG, Pension Protection Fund, PIMCO, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... find the more than US$1 trillion per year that will be needed to decarbonise the global energy system by 2020, according to HSBC Global Research. HSBC said that in addition to the US$1 trillion per year needed to decarbonise the global energy system ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... 2013, with issuance of new climate-themed bonds up 25% in 2012, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. Sean Kidney The report, Bonds and Climate Change, found that new issuance of climate-themed ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... bank was upgraded to a C. Of the other four companies noted for improved performance, Qualcomm also received a C, Nestle and HSBC Holdings to a B, and Merck and Company has been awarded an A grading. The only other Australian company in the EIRIS Global ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... performance of Hong Kong and mainland China stocks. "Local corporate controversies, such as Foxconn, Sun Hung Kai Properties, HSBC and Boshiwa have led to increased interest in the impact of environment, social and governance factors on financial returns ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... correlation between financial sustainability and environmental, social and governance factors. The Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence found that there is USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. The report, which examines opportunities for investment in climate-themed bonds, found ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... establishment of an independent Climate Change Authority to advise on the trajectory and emissions reduction milestones. HSBC Bank noted that according to Treasury modelling, the carbon tax would add 0.7ppts to CPI at initial introduction and then a ...

Carbon and Water Increasingly Important to Institutional Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... up from 137 in 2010. Among those signatories are National Australia Bank, as well as Allianz Group, Aviva, BBVA, CalSTRS, HSBC, ING and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
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