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Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrasses. All of these ecosystems are significant for Pacific Island countries, where the agriculture and forestry industries account for between 20%-30% of GDP. There is increasing interest in carbon credits that are derived ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the physical impacts the various players in the supply chain will feel over coming decades, and the role that the agriculture sector has to play in reducing carbon intensity. "Beef production, animal proteins, they are high carbon intensive activities," ...

Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... to GreenCollar. The Nationals Party is pushing its federal coalition partner in federal government to exclude the agriculture sector from any 2050 target the government proposes, but farmers have a role to play in finding nature-based solutions to climate ...

Green economy a multi-trillion dollar opportunity: FTSE Russell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... taxonomies, and since 2008, there have been a number of areas that have expanded there," he said. "We had very little agriculture in the past, and there's also a lot more focus on tech and making tech more efficient, because increasingly IT is a big ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... trend, American Century sees upside potential in several areas, including water and waste management, sustainable agriculture, bioenergy and renewable biochemicals, smart grid technologies and power storage. American Century has proprietary ESG scores ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... currently analysing data in five sectors in what the fund manager calls the first wave - oil and gas, power, food and agriculture, steel & cement to determine what decarbonaisation pathways look like in those sectors and determine engagement targets ...

Australia on global list for deforestation hotspots: WWF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... that in eastern Australia, "by far the most significant driver is cattle ranching, with other forms of large-scale agriculture declining slightly. Fires are increasing and were particularly devastating in 2020 but are not generally associated with long-term ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... enhance other benefits like storage of carbon emissions, for example." Wilder pointed to activities like regenerative agriculture as other examples of what investing in natural capital to enhance environmental and financial return could look like. The ...

Sharp increase in food waste: Rabobank Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... doesn't end in landfill." To encourage innovation in cutting food waste, Rabobank sponsors the FoodBytes! food and agriculture innovation platform, which features a start-up pitch program that leads to the selection of 45 innovators. This year, one of ...

Perception of ethics rises off back of COVID response: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... rated as most ethical, with a score of +73, followed by education at +65, professional membership associations at +56, agriculture at +55, and charities and not-for-profits at +54. Conversely, lowest rated sectors for ethics includes government, at +16 ...