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Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Finance Institute also announced its initial founding members, including IAG, Cbus, ANZ, QBE, KPMG, State Super, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, HSBC, AMP Capital, EY, Point Advisory, S&P Global, Link Group, Allianz ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... value - or homes - we can deliver out of every dollar we access. In the past we have successfully partnered with CBA, Westpac and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation when borrowing conditions with these lenders have been the most favourable available. ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... were Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, BNP Paribas, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation. The joint sustainability coordinators were Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, BNP Paribas and Westpac ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment consulting firm JANA has hired Rachel Halpern as its first head of sustainability. Rachel Halpern joins JANA from Westpac Group, where she was executive manager for risk. She has had an established advisory career covering risk and commercial ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Westpac has structured a $350 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) that ties the interest rate to how a company performs on social issues that are material to the company's performance. The three year loan to G8 Education, Australia's largest ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of the Actuaries Institute. The study focussed on two case studies from the Royal Commission dealing with activities at Westpac and Commonwealth Bank, and Rafe said there was a disconnect between the values of the organisation and the routine actions ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... meet their international climate obligations," said Didier Van Not, general manager, corporate and institutional banking, Westpac Institutional Bank. "Support from markets and institutional investors, increased adoption of green bonds, loan and sustainability-linked ...

First State Super joins Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Super, the Minderoo Group and Minderoo Foundation, MTAA Super, NZ Superanuation Fund, SunSuper, Talaria, VicSuper, and Westpac.

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... to include issuance of social bonds explicitly linked to COVID-19 impacts. Michael Chen, head of sustainable finance, Westpac Institutional Bank Thus far, supranational, sovereign and agency (SSA) organisations have been the first entities to issue COVID-19 ...

Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Genex Power. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is financing the HoldCo facility, while DZ Bank AG, Nord/LB and Westpac Banking Corporation are providing the senior debt loan, Genex said. "The senior debt has the security of the assets and the ...