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Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... to develop these voluntary principles, which were then also endorsed by BNP Paribas, Daiwa, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Mizuho Securities, Morgan Stanley, Rabobank and SEB. The principles outline a process for designating, disclosing, managing ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... numbers of older plants, huge plant energy savings can be made with appropriate capital investment." Earlier this year, the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence report, Bonds and Climate Change, found that there is US$364 billion of climate-themed ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Stanley." Looking beyond the market of bonds that are labelled climate bonds into the unlabelled sphere, Citi, Barclays and HSBC are the leading banks in terms of the number of deals in the climate bond space, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative ...

Dow Jones, RobecoSAM issue 2013 DJSI indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... including Bank of America, UBS and United Parcel Service being added to the DJSI World index, while Johnson and Johnson, HSBC and Vodafone have been dropped from the DJSI World. Wesfarmers also made it into the top 10 largest deletions by market capitalisation. ...

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 ...