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Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... investor interest in carbon markets and gauges the increasing business appetite for investing in nature-based solutions to climate change in the Asia-Pacific. "Carbon markets can be an opportunity not just for leveraging private investment into developing ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... investors. NatureCo will respond to rapidly growing global demand for high integrity nature-based solutions to support business climate and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. It is co-founded by Point Advisory and Biodiverse Carbon, a ...

J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... allow us to apply our expertise in managing real assets to forests, which are a natural solution to many of the world's climate, biodiversity and social challenges." Campbell Global's investment offering will sit within J.P. Morgan's $168 billion Global ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... is part of a broader implementation plan across the business that will see us play our part in stemming human-induced climate change." The target builds off of the fund's existing work around ESG integration, including having previously screened ...

Charter Hall hires group head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... wider community." Charter Hall is one of 36 asset owners and fund managers recognised last year for their leadership in climate reporting on the Principles for Responsible Investment Leaders' Group. PRI signatories from Australia that appeared on ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change, diversity, and systemic inequality topped the engagement list for T. Rowe Price, with the global fund manager pressing for improved disclosure from corporations and asset managers on ESG issues. T. Rowe Price has issued its third ESG ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the conference for Australia's leading oil and gas industry group in Perth. Representatives from the Investor Group on Climate Change/Climate Action 100+ and the Australian Conservation Panel debated the role of gas as a transition fuel with an executive ...

New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... key to mapping out future prospects and discovering new oil and gas fields that could be harnessed in the future. The Climate Council immediately slammed the government's move to open up the 80,000 square kilometres of new offshore exploration sites ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... feathers. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference featured several sessions on climate change and renewable energy - but APPEA was still roundly accused by the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... new role will become effective 1 July 2021. "We know that environmental, social and governance (ESG), sustainability and climate change are broad agendas impacting clients across their entire organisations, functions and operations," said CEO elect David ...