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Australian banks fail to manage financed deforestation: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... are contributing to deforestation, with just one bank having made a 'No deforestation' commitment. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) conducted analysis of 100 land titles and found that Australian banks are highly exposed to deforestation ...

Conservation initiatives ignore climate risks: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... common means of preventing overall biodiversity loss on private land in Australia - biodiversity offsets and voluntary conservation programs. The researchers looked at 77 policy documents related to nine biodiversity offset policies and 11 voluntary ...

EPBC Act reforms urgently needed: Industry groups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... groups have called on the government to urgently deliver its reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, which they say is "failing on all fronts." A group of eight industry, community, environment, union and science ...

Green moves: Climateworks, Friends of the Earth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... community and political leaders in Australia and offshore. He has served as a climate change manager at the Australian Conservation Foundation and spent many years at Greenpeace researching, writing, fundraising, campaigning and coordinating projects. ...

Green moves: Alphinity, Australian Ethical, Climate Change Authority

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... human rights, and social impact. She advises businesses and governments on issues such as climate change, nature conservation, anti-slavery initiatives, and gambling-related harm. Toohill has previously co-chaired the UN Environment Programme's Banking ...

New landscapes, natural capital strategy launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... infrastructure. It will also seek to access environmental markets such as carbon and biodiversity, renewable energy and conservation covenants, the firm said. "New Forests is recognised as an industry leader, with an established track record of nearly ...

Family offices share sustainable investment preferences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... in its potential. Having so far attracted the least investment is nature restoration, such as rewilding or nature conservation, with just 7% invested. That said, 16% said they were interested in investing here. As for impact investing proclivities and ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... capital is a key theme for company engagement, with 62% of investors engaging with companies on biodiversity/nature conservation and 48% on natural capital issues, according to RIAA's 2024 Australian Responsible Investment Benchmark Report. "Investors ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... followed by solar energy. Sustainable research and development, biodiversity protection and restoration, and water conservation and management are also top areas pinned for expenditure. Global investment manager Ninety One predicts such innovations will ...

Investors "not interested" in nuclear

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... systems for every Australian dwelling that doesn't already have one. That's according to analysis from the Australian Conservation Foundation. CSIRO's GenCost report ranks nuclear power as the most expensive option - double the cost of renewables. They're ...
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