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Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Council studied the issue in March 2022. For those living in disaster-prone areas, including the Northern Rivers region, north Queensland and Western Australia, insurance premiums have risen to 50% in 12 months. The Climate Council linked accelerating ...

UniSuper, pension funds buy forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... plantation forests as well as the carbon stored in wood products, New Forests said at the time. Forico registered a project in north-east Tasmania approved by the Clean Energy Regulator and a Carbon Abatement Contract secured at an ERF auction. The project ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... graziers Carly and Grant Burnham started the project in 2016 with more than 5275 hectares of their property Bonnie Doone in the North Burnett region of Queensland. CarbonLink provides carbon farming advice for soil carbon projects - removal of carbon ...

Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... and unveiling new measures to bolster the credibility of the Australian carbon market. Since other nations in the Global North have already cancelled Kyoto-era credits, the move prevents future governments from using outdated credits to meet climate ...

Podcast: Alex Banks - she speaks for the trees

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... industries. The report also found that deforestation and nature loss in Australia is predominantly being funded by European and North American interests through shareholdings, and the majority of that funding is going into the forest assets, mining ...

Higher ESG means stronger ROI: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... and Global Investor Returns Study examined over 13,000 publicly traded companies across four geographic regions (World, North America, Western Europe and Asia), 12 countries/markets (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, (Hong Kong SAR) ...

Successful merger for social and inequality reporting framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... benchmarks and ratings. The taskforce will be governed by a diverse and balanced range of stakeholders across the Global North and Global South. The organisations that have participated in these efforts to date are now operating as an informal working ...

Regional renewable investments ramp up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... $3 billion on Western Australia's grid, expanding and modernising electricity grids in Perth, the South West, and the North West Pilbara region. The funds will be provided through concessional loans and equity investments through the Clean Energy ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... The Wilderness Society found that deforestation and nature loss in Australia is predominantly being funded by European and North American interests through shareholdings, and the majority of that funding is going into the forest assets, mining, and farming ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Many companies and investors have come out with public statements on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, with some questioning the effectiveness - and appropriateness - of such statements. Corporates are evaluating whether ...