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Just 5% of global emissions covered by corporate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... disclosure data at a glance, highlighting where more action is needed. CDP will further develop the tracker to include nature-based solutions such as forests, water security, wetlands, and ocean degradation. "Accessible climate data supports a better ...

IIGCC, TPI Centre launch Bank Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Working Group, IIGCC will support investor engagement with a focus list of 20 banks in Europe, Canada and Asia. "Due to the nature of their activities, banks have an outsized role to play in whether the global economy successfully decarbonises or not. ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
A range of public and private sector entities have weighed in on the government's proposed Nature Repair Bill, expressing support and reservations over how a legislative framework for market-led biodiversity recovery would attract capital. The Senate ...

Greening the 2032 Brisbane Olympics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... environmental, and economic benefits creating a legacy that transcends the Games." With a focus on climate positive, resilient, and nature-based solutions, the recommendations call for a standardised framework to measure carbon emissions, not just based ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing as form of greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... domestic and international momentum for increased disclosure in climate risk and future signals into similar disclosure of nature and biodiversity. He advised that companies need to think about how sustainability and financial reporting work together ...

Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... we look to the work that has been done on climate, and what are the things that work there. The market is building TNFD, Nature Action 100+, so all these elements are being copied for biodiversity and those are all collaborative because we need to make ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... report found. It is estimated that half of the world's economic activity ($44 trillion) is moderately or highly dependent on nature. Following the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted in 2022, Australia is set to establish a Nature ...

Greening Australia names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... expertise to the organisation in the past. Greening Australia consists of several subsidiary organisations - Canopy, a nature-based solutions business producing high quality environmental credits; Nindethana, a native seed supply business; SeedX, a native ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... they protect 80% of biodiversity. Australia's vast Indigenous land holdings and potential for renewable energy and nature-based solutions, businesses and investors are well-placed to find mutual sustained prosperity with Indigenous peoples through ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... environment minister Tanya Plibersek and NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe spoke for the first time together on stage at the Nature Conservation Council of NSW's Business Breakfast on Monday, ahead of the 2023 Budget announcement this week. The ...