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Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... deforestation-prone countries, with land-use change being the prominent driver of nature loss. Industries like cattle, palm oil, soy, timber, cocoa, coffee, and rubber are the biggest drivers of deforestation, resulting in soil fertility decline, water ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... top-10 shareholder in each of the 20 companies." Of the asset manager's holdings in 20 companies in the palm oil, pulp/paper, soy, cattle, timber, and biomass, FOE found documented evidence of ecological harm and human rights abuses between January 2019 ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Investors are grappling with inadequate frameworks as nature rises to the top of the agenda for material financial risks, say investor groups. The Senate Inquiry into the Government's Nature Positive Bills has recommended amending legislation to ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... available policy for the four highest risk commodities which drive two thirds of tropical deforestation. These commodities include soy, cattle products (beef and leather), timber products (timber and pulp and paper), and palm oil. The new EU law includes ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... efforts. In addition, 28 countries have committed to ensuring trade in globally important commodities such as palm oil, cocoa and soy, does not contribute to deforestation. "What we're finding is that there are a series of processes that are underway ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... efforts. In addition, 28 countries have committed to ensuring trade in globally important commodities such as palm oil, cocoa and soy, does not contribute to deforestation. New Forests CEO David Brand expressed caution on the pledge, noting that currently ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... efforts. In addition, 28 countries have committed to ensuring trade in globally important commodities such as palm oil, cocoa and soy, does not contribute to deforestation. Brand expressed caution on the pledge, noting that currently, 15 million hectares ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... and consumer countries to come together to work out how they eliminate deforestation in the supply chain - think palm oil, soy, etc."

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The global meat supply chain carries risks including animal welfare, occupational health and safety and climate change, but companies around the world across the supply chain are enhancing their disclosures and practices. Global fund manager Robeco ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
More than 130 Queensland sugarcane farmers are participating in a partnership between Coca-Cola and the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF-Australia), which provides funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively ...
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