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CBA appoints four to Commodities, Trade and Carbon business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... managing director, commodities, leading the bank's strategy for its commodities business with a focus on Australia and New Zealand. Whitehead previously served as global co-head of commodities sales at Standard Chartered Bank in London. Joe Arena has ...

Hejaz Financial Services funds certified responsible invesments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Program applies strict criteria for certifying responsible, ethical and impact investment products in Australia and New Zealand. The four funds certified by RIAA include the Hejaz Global Ethical Fund; the Hejaz Equities Fund, a Halal equities fund targeting ...

Podcast: Talking green bonds and sustainable economic growth with Ecaterina Bigos

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... green bond projects. Meanwhile, both demand and issuance of green bonds continues to grow globally. Last month, the New Zealand government launched a Sovereign Green Bond Program and expects to issue its first green bonds later this year. The Sovereign ...

ASX sees first strike against remuneration report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Services (ISS) recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the remuneration package, and head of Australia and New Zealand research Vas Kolesnikoff said the vote at the ASX AGM could have represented a protest vote by shareholders. A recent report ...

New Zealand to issue green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The New Zealand government has launched a Sovereign Green Bond Program and expects to issue its first green bonds later this year. The Sovereign Green Bond Program will provide finance to projects that contribute to climate and environmental objectives. ...

Podcast: Managing climate and sustainability megatrends with Terence Jeyaretnam

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... personal interests in systems level changes have led him to directorships with Global Citizen, Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand and Amnesty International. Jeyaretnam joined EY in 2014, when EY bought sustainability consultancy Net Balance. Jeyaretnam ...

BlackRock continues renewable infrastructure investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... a leading provider of rooftop solar and smart batteries across residential, commercial and community buildings in New Zealand. Since inception, the company has installed 8.500 solar systems on New Zealand homes. "Our investment will help drive [solarZero] ...

NZ Super Fund shifts $25 billion to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... globally. Gilmore said the fund would be reporting on progress towards net zero annually under a framework for the New Zealand Crown Financial Institutions, as agreed with the Minister of Finance last year. The fund noted it will continue to obtain some ...

BlackRock in $1bn capital commitment to battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... stations, Reid said. BlackRock focuses on climate-related infrastructure investments in key markets including Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. "We are finding a very rich vein of investments in this region, and if you look at the ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... strategically their economic responses to challenges, the most prominent being the Health and Wellbeing government of New Zealand," Petersen said. "Now we have this announcement by Chalmers that our own budgetary process wellbeing to include health and ...