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Rest increases impact investment with Cibus fund allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Rest has invested in an agriculture-focused fund that focuses on sustainable farming, practices and companies. Rest has allocated capital to Cibus Fund II, which "focuses on delivering strong returns through investment opportunities related to the food ...

Hazardous chemicals a key challenge for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... climate change. While not all chemicals are harmful, certain substances can have detrimental effects on nature and human health. Hazardous chemicals are a critical ESG factor with financial implications across the value chain. Persistent chemicals, exemplified ...

$200m social housing catalyst for clean energy sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... against the twin threats of rising heat and rising costs. But too many families... continue to face heightened risks to their health and education from exposure to extreme summer heat in homes. "Social housing represents some of the least energy efficient ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management has updated its Global Sustainability Strategy with a focus on ESG integration and stewardship. It comes as a response to new regulations as well as evolving consumer and investor expectations. As of September 2023, its ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... international leading research. We are also interested in solutions that potentially can come from outside ag, maybe mining, human health, logistics technologies that can be brought into ag and commercialised with a new use case in agriculture," Archibald ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Ahead of its annual meeting in Davos next week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed an ominous outlook for the next decade: the world faces looming crises driven by compounding economic, societal and natural collapse. Economists warn we are entering ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Queensland Government-owned fund manager has converted a finance facility into a US$300 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL). Lenders are Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, ING Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking ...

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... more detailed expectations of companies on safety disclosures and noted the importance of companies considering mental health, contractor safety and sexual harassment." Nature and biodiversity: A new section outlines nature-related risks. Where a company's ...

L'Oréal Groupe invests in First Nations-led biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... fragmented and damaged as our country was taken and cleared. "We have the chance to rejuvenate our songlines and restore the health of ecosystems. From little seeds our country grows, and our people heal. Culture is passed on and our custodianship obligations ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Global public and private funding directly damages nature reached US$7 trillion per year, while funding with a positive impact reached $200 billion last year - a 30-fold gap. New research from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) compared ...