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Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Business, government and wider society must account for and manage the value and use of natural capital to maintain a sustainable global economy. Valuing natural capital as part of an economy is a challenge because standard investment and economic measures ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... is at a moment of transformation change based on substantial changes such as aging demography, degradation of natural capital, innovation and technology, business nexus, and economic imbalances such as deleveraging. "There are three scenarios of institutional ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... return, according to Cornis van der Lugt, an environmental consultant. Cornis van der Lugt Although the concept of natural capital dates back to the 1970s and gained prevalence in the 1990s, the realisation of the threat of climate change has pushed ...

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has joined National Australia Bank and other institutions in endorsing the Natural Capital Declaration, a financial sector declaration to address the use of natural capital by businesses. The Natural Capital ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia Bank and Rabobank are the first two banks to endorse a financial sector declaration to address the use of natural capital by businesses. NAB has become a signatory of the Natural Capital Declaration, which affirms the importance of natural ...