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New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
New Forests has acquired a 63,000 hectare forest as part of a sustainable forest strategy. New Forests acquired the Hilt-Siskiyou Forest, a mixed-conifer forest along the California and Oregon border, from the Fruit Growers Supply Company (FGS) alongside ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... focus on Asian, African and Latin American markets where large-scale restoration of natural ecosystems can generate carbon, water quality and biodiversity credits that benefit communities and the global climate. "It's about drawing a line between ...

Oil and gas industry debate green hydrogen future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... issue that building hydrogen generation capacity might challenge social license to operate due to the need for desalinated water supply and where to cite production facilities. Panellists agreed with May, but noted that the scale of the challenge shouldn't ...

New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Victoria, Tasmania and the Ashmore and Cartier Islands are up for bidding from December to 3 March 2022. Minister for resources, water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt announced the release of the new acreage for mining oil and gas exploration at the ...

DON Smallgoods site to house bioenergy plant development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... received backing from the Victorian State Government and Federal Government, as well as Mt Alexander Shire Council, Coliban Water, DON Smallgoods and the McKinnon Family Foundation. In total, required funding for the planned facility is in the region ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... the bond, apply that method to value the benefits derived from the activities, identify the beneficiaries - it could be a water utility, it could be a company in the tourism sector, it could be government, it could be homeowners, and then it will find ...

Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... their investments were renewable energy and energy efficiency, sustainable land and agricultural management, and sustainable water. The top three issues users searched for to avoid in their investments were fossil fuels, human rights abuses and armaments. ...

Property fund inks multi-billion dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... to 2025. In environmental KPIs, the loans will be linked to achievements in emissions reduction, renewable energy usage, water conservation and reuse, waste reduction and other resource efficiency, while social will be tied to diversity and inclusion ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... EY found that with climate change and carbon emissions (47%), better worker welfare and human rights (29%), and air and water pollution (24%) the top three ESG issues with Australians. Nearly 80% of wealth clients globally reported having goals related ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... work will be ready by the end of the year." BNP Paribas Asset Management is also evaluating its investments for exposure to water and deforestation risk, and has calculated that their water footprint as 25,000 cubic metres of water used per million euros ...