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NZ climate disclosure legislation to affect Australian entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
The New Zealand government has introduced world-first legislation that will require listed companies, banks, insurers and fund managers to make public climate risk-related disclosures. The legislation will affect not just New Zealand-domiciled entities ...

NAB participates in £300 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... ways which reinforces our commitment to sustainability and ESG." DNV GL, an independent expert in risk management and assurance, has issued a second party opinion confirming the alignment of the facility with the Loan Market Association (LMA) Sustainability ...

Green bond boom, but investors look to value proposition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... in check and ultimately prevents greenwashing. "Generally speaking, issuers we've been seeing have second party assurance. It's extremely important to get that and validate the goals, especially with sustainability linked bonds, to make sure ...

MUFG Bank structures $333 million green financing deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... SB Energy's inaugural green loan certification amongst its renewable projects. KPMG provided the independent limited assurance for the green loan. The loan also received CBI certification from Climate Bonds Initiative under the Climate Bonds Standard ...

Climate Bond Standard launches shipping criteria for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... the pre-issuance phase enables the issuer and underwriters to market the bond or debt product as Certified. Further assurance activities in the post-issuance phase must be undertaken to maintain the Climate Bonds Certification.

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... management can support board-level decision-making. The joint initiative between WBCSD and DNV GL, a global quality assurance and risk management company, will seek insights to better assess how boards can connect with stakeholders, and how those insights ...

Solar, residential financier issues certified green ABS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... issuance by an Australian fintech, in terms of dollar value and emissions saved, and it is also Brighte's debut assurance. "Our 100% green bond issuance, which is both an Australian first and a first for Brighte, has ensured that we can execute on ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... "Many responsible investors will be scrutinising much more closely the activities of all resources companies, to seek assurance that there are rigorous processes and practices in place which can prevent an event like this happening again in the future," ...

GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... done a lot of work with around the deployment of things like the Accounting for Nature framework, and bringing the same assurance, integrity, measurement and transparency to other ecosystem services that we do to carbon."

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Events in 2020, including the bushfire season, the COVID-19 pandemic and the "global conversation on inequality highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement" have raised the issues of capacity, resilience and interdependency to the forefront of engagements ...