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Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Disclosure Metrics - to enable capital providers to make comparable assessments of businesses within sectors such as agriculture, energy, mining and renewables Additional Disclosure Metrics - this makes final reporting flexible and enable report preparers ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... is crucial. The livelihoods of women and girls, particularly in the Pacific, are often dependent on sectors such as agriculture and water resources, where climate change impacts are acute."

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Leading Harvest is implementing a sustainability assurance program for the Australian agriculture sector after a successful pilot backed by Warakirri Asset Management among others. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management ...

Resource-efficient companies more resilient: Impax AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... related to biodiversity. "There's clearly an opportunity in the food space to reduce food waste through precision agriculture, smart packaging, preventing loss of commodities across the food chain, and ensuring that there are opportunities for plant-based ...

Centuria acquires SA agricultural property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Centuria has expanded the porftlio of its unlisted agriculture fund with the purchase of a 246 hectare South Australia site that includes a 20 hecatare glasshouse facility. The Centuria Agriculture Fund (CAF)'s latest acquisition is a Port Augusta property ...

Global food systems at risk: Barclays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... technology viewpoint," Patel said. "There is growth in companies proposing new solutions relating to regenerative agriculture, new irrigation systems, types of alt protein, things like vertical farming, and that has meant that for many years, the solutions ...

JPMorgan Asset Management launches sustainable ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... carbon-intensive energy such as wind or solar power; improving the electric grid; investing in less carbon-intensive forms of agriculture, construction, or transportation; or developing technologies to reduce waste. JPSI invests in essential assets such ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... to need to have a biodiversity lens over it as it will have to have a carbon emission lens over it." Real estate, agriculture and mining as well as tourism and hospitality are well placed to capitalise on nature positive opportunities, PwC identified. ...

New Forests launches ANZ forestry and agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
New Forests has launched a fourth Australia and New Zealand forestry and agriculture-based fund with the aim of raising $600 million in the next two to three years. The $10 billion global nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies investment ...

Cultiv8, Fidante launch agriculture, food tech fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... to launch a fund that identifies and invests in early-stage agricultural and food technology companies. The Cultiv8 Agriculture and Food Technology Fund aims to focus on capital growth and sustainability and will have a target size of $100 million with ...