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Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
Economists have begun to count the costs of bushfires throughout southern Australia, identifying that the agriculture, tourism, retail and construction sectors will see negative impacts, but also saying that the worst impacts will be "indirect." Carlos ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... we assessed to be contributing to deforestation," Richman said. "We have ruled out investing in conventional animal agriculture in part because of the disproportionate land use and land clearing attributable to the sector." Australia is the only nation ...

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... broad range of classes including listed equities, private equity, fixed income, infrastructure, timber, forestry and agriculture, and real estate." The main barrier to increasing investment in green/climate-aligned opportunities continues to be policy ...

CEFC, Ironstone Capital create Warada Capital, specialist joint venture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... Craib, Warada CEO. "We're also targeting clean energy related investments in the natural resources, transport and agriculture sectors which involve sustainability, energy efficiency, renewable energy and low carbon opportunities. "Through Warada, we ...

Global issuance of green bonds tops $100 billion to date in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... this economy wide shift towards zero carbon." "With the EU Taxonomy's reach initially encompassing Manufacturing, Agriculture, Transport, Buildings, Electricity generation, Water, Waste & ICT, increased green bonds, green loans and green equity funding ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... etc." Pillar Two will continue to provide advisory services to Rio Tinto, Zimmerman noted, but has also worked with agriculture, infrastructure and mining companies. "The UN Guiding Principles give important guidance," Zimmerman said. "Governments have ...

Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... projected to reach 9.7 billion, sustaining life as we know it on earth will require disruption to value chains in agriculture, the built environment and manufacturing processes. A third is that technology - particularly mobile technology - will disrupt ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
Five sectors of ASX200 companies - mining, financial services, construction and property, food, beverages and agriculture and healthcare - are most at risk of exposure to modern slavery, according to new research commissioned by the Australian Council ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... was to support a bunch of growers who wanted to basically improve their practices," said Andrew Rouse, sustainable agriculture manager at WWF-Australia. "It's a safe place for growers to innovate, because this is an innovation project. The project has ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... greenhouse emissions, even though livestock production represents 14.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions globally and agriculture overall. The FAIRR Protein Producers index assessed producers against nine factors including: emissions; deforestation; water ...