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Growing scope for investing in natural capital: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... reduction within their strategies and oftentimes a positive carbon capture," said bfinance director of Australia and New Zealand Sebastian Mays. "Interest in exploring strategies that have a positive impact on the net carbon of a portfolio is becoming ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... pervasive, weakening democratic institutions and personal liberties, and enable rogue actors. Zurich Australia and New Zealand chief risk officer Jaimie Sach said the risks outlined in the report are not surprising. "This is to be expected given the ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Forests, manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, completed the first close of the Australia New Zealand Landscapes and Forestry Fund (ANZLAFF) with A$450 million raised from institutional investors in Australia and Europe. ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... can't work out how they would build the data sets or how an Australian data set can sit on the same page as a New Zealand data set, for example, or a European data set. Until we have a final version of the ASRS, as noted, the document is out for ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability outcomes, the survey also found. Gender pay parity is also narrowing, with the report finding that New Zealand has achieved pay parity between males and females. In Australia, there's a 3.5% gender pay disparity, down from a 6% differential ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, United Arab Emirates ...

New advisory body for nature investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Ian Hamm, join the list. Members also include former Telstra CEO David Thodey, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) business reform leader Karen McWilliams, business and investment leader Radha Kuppalli, former general secretary of ...

RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Australasia (RIAA) has named two co-CEOs to replace its outgoing leader, one based in Australia and one based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Estelle Parker and Dean Hegarty will take the helm of the organisation in early December, following the departure of ...

Macquarie opens clean energy arm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... capital. Aula Energy will develop and operate utility-scale wind, solar and integrated batteries across Australian and New Zealand. With an initial portfolio of 4 GW of projects in Australia, the business will develop clean energy projects across New ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter, who is represented by Equity Generation Lawyers, accuses the bank of not having adequate risk management ...