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Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... produce goods and services in three key areas - sustainable living, including clean-tech, waste reduction, sustainable agriculture and water use, health and wellbeing, including aged care, mental health, medical innovation and longevity, and empowering ...

Setting ESG targets a "first mover advantage" for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... because that won't work and the transition will look different for every industry - cattle versus cement versus agriculture. Everyone needs a different approach, and not just one blanket transition that can be applied." Carrel said he's seen ...

Agriculture business signs first sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
A big four bank has inked the first sustainability linked loan (SLL) for Australia's agriculture industry. Commonwealth Bank has signed an SLL with premium Queensland producer Stockyard Group for an undisclosed sum. The three-year loan has set targets ...

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 ...