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Climate Bonds Standard approves Deloitte France, Deloitte Luxembourg

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... criteria covered by the Climate Bonds Standard. Approved verifiers assess whether a bond meets the criteria of the Climate Bond Standard, the Climate Bonds Standard Board said. Deloitte France has "supported numerous" responsible investment and ESG initiatives ...

NAB launches social bond focusing on companies, gender equality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) is launching a social bond focusing specifically on gender equality. Eva Zileli, head of group funding, NAB The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income obligation open to institutional investors. Participating ...

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... globally as well as in Australia. He noted that all green bonds issued in Australia had bene certified under the Climate Bond Initiative standards, and also pointed to the innovative collaborative work done between the financial services sector, the ...

Monash University issues world-first certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... University has a well-earned reputation for its commitment to sustainability. The CEFC's involvement in this certified climate bond reflects our commitment to work alongside organisations such as Monash to help catalyse further investment options to ...

Climate Bond Initiative releases climate performance data for buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... qualify for Climate Bonds Certification will vary according to when the bond is issued and the term of the bond, the Climate Bond Initiative said. "These emissions performance trajectories are an important step for our industry, as Australian building ...

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... agricultural, council, and forestry waste streams and an AU$90m cornerstone investment in the $500 million Westpac Climate Bond. Proceeds of the Westpac Climate Bond will finance a AU$1b Australian-based clean energy portfolio, including energy efficient ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV) has issued an AU$300 million green bond, the first certified Australian dollar green bond by an Australian government authority. The 1.75% 27 July 20121 TCV Green Bond proceeds will fund a portfolio of state investments ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... component of the Australian market, and dominated by rail operator Aurizon, while ANZ, NAB and Westpac have all issued Climate Bond Initiative-certified bonds. "It helps in Australia that the [Investor Group on Climate Change] is a board member of the ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... "It's not prominent, but it's clearly something we would like to accelerate and adapt to. We are invested in the NAB climate bond. It would be good to see more come to market, and they're getting priced very competitively, and I some cases, priced below ...

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... of funding instrument in the future." The Climate Bonds Initiative recently certified the AU$500 million Westpac Climate Bond, which will be allocated to seven wind energy facilities and five low carbon commercial properties. The underlying assets have ...