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Western Australia has released an environmental, social and governance investor pack summarising “key policy commitments and actions to address environmental and social challenges” facing the state. According to Western Australian Treasury Corporation, the pack responds to growing demand for this type of information from mainstream investors and marks an important step on the road to sustainability-bond issuance.
Mercury NZ and Contact Energy elevated their green-bond programmes by pricing innovative deals in the week ending 12 November. Mercury became the first Kiwi company to issue an Australian dollar use-of-proceeds green bond while Contact priced its first-ever green subordinated transaction.
Supranational, sovereign and agency issuers were an active part of deal activity in the week ending 19 November, the highlight of which World Bank's NZ$1.5 billion (US$1.1 billion) Kauri issue. Judo Bank also made its public issuance debut with an A$80 million (US$58.3 million) deal.
Nearly 250 women from across the Australasian capital-markets universe shared their views on what working life could look like after the pandemic in the second annual KangaNews Women in Capital Markets survey conducted in October. The consensus is clearly that COVID-19 has reshaped working practices forever.
As more companies focus on increasing diversity, equity and inclusion, Moody’s Corporation leads with a global diversity model that elevates these core components through seven business resource groups, including for women, and 43 local chapters across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.