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NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
A NSW passenger train PPP has become the latest entity to sign a $1.8 billion, 21-year green sustainability-linked loan (GSSL). Reliance Rail, which is responsible for the design, manufacture and maintenance of 78 Waratah passenger trains and the maintenance ...

Banksia Foundation announces awards finalists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... research institute creating living seawalls with 3D printing are amongst the finalists for the 33rd Banksia National Sustainability Awards. The award covers diverse categories including biodiversity, sustainable tourism, future cities, health and wellbeing ...

Australian Unity hires ESG property specialist

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... property portfolio. Shinde comes to Australian Unity from Property NSW, where he was senior manager, energy and sustainability and responsible for implementing a sustainability strategy across the organistaion's portfolio of property assets and real ...

PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
PwC Australia has hired an industry veteran as its first chief sustainability officer. Janette O'Neill joins PwC Australia from QBE Insurance, where she has been group head of sustainability since 2017. In her new role, O'Neill will provide leading ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... twin aim of achieving financial returns and accelerating decarbonisation action. Investment specialists told FS Sustainability that the deal, which was knocked back by the AGL board on the grounds that the $7.50/share offer price undervalued the company ...

Platforms increasing ESG products, research: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Obligations (DDO). The survey noted that Macquarie has partnered with Morningstar to enable advisers to compare sustainability ratings, carbon designation, fund profiles, and new ESG SMAs (self managed accounts) from Dimensional Fund Advisers, Pendal ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... practices "resulting in low and/or decreasing carbon intensity," and sustainable bonds, including green bonds, sustainability linked bonds, transition bonds and social bonds. The fund will also use negative screening to exclude low ESG rated sectors ...

Responsible investment funds surge past $100 billion: Plan For Life

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... growing approach, up 86.7% but currently only adopted by 2% of products." ISS owns Rainmaker Group, publisher of FS Sustainability, as well as Plan For Life.

Inflows to sustainability options on BT platforms double

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... solutions via managed accounts, BT stated, citing research from Investment Trends. BT defines funds as prioritising sustainability, which means funds that go beyond ESG integration to focusing on positive sustainable outcomes. "The reason why managed ...

ANZ takes $50 million stake in Pollination Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... to support customers in the transition to net zero, while helping cement our position as a leading Environmental Sustainability bank in the region, said ANZ group executive institutional Mark Whelan. "We're pleased to be partnering with a team that ...