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Stewardship part of fiduciary role and investment opportunity: BNP Paribas AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... natural gas or renewable energy, and the role of carbon capture and storage projects. "What's different in Asia is the nature of the just transition," Ho said. "That means the managed coal phase-out. We have to be inclusive and bring people to the ...

Chinese listed companies that invest in ESG show higher quality financial reporting: Study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... year." Many of the 100 random companies selected were in the manufacturing and construction industries, reflecting the nature of listed companies in China. Wu noted that Chinese ESG firms did score lower on ESG than in other countries because there is ...

Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... farmers across Australia have opposed the inclusion of biodiversity offsets for land clearing in the federal government's Nature Market Repair Bill, which they say could not effectively offset habitat loss from other developments. The Nature Repair Market ...

New Forests adds California forestry assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Global nature-based real assets manager New Forests has bought a 7,600 hectare timber asset in the Mount Shasta region of California. It is the first asset acquired by New Forests' Forest Climate Solutions Fund (FCS) which focuses on combining returns ...

Plibersek announces crackdown on offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting on projects - where the projects are and how they are being managed - is critical to ensure we are protecting nature. We need systems to identify and call out bad behaviour. And it should be easy to see who is doing the right thing. "Approval ...

CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... and fibre production is an important problem to tackle in a world that needs to rapidly decarbonise and address broader nature positive outcomes," Sung said. The CEFC is also an investor in the Gunn Agri Transforming Farming Platform, alongside the global ...

Just 5% of global emissions covered by corporate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... disclosure data at a glance, highlighting where more action is needed. CDP will further develop the tracker to include nature-based solutions such as forests, water security, wetlands, and ocean degradation. "Accessible climate data supports a better ...

IIGCC, TPI Centre launch Bank Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Working Group, IIGCC will support investor engagement with a focus list of 20 banks in Europe, Canada and Asia. "Due to the nature of their activities, banks have an outsized role to play in whether the global economy successfully decarbonises or not. ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
A range of public and private sector entities have weighed in on the government's proposed Nature Repair Bill, expressing support and reservations over how a legislative framework for market-led biodiversity recovery would attract capital. The Senate ...

Greening the 2032 Brisbane Olympics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... environmental, and economic benefits creating a legacy that transcends the Games." With a focus on climate positive, resilient, and nature-based solutions, the recommendations call for a standardised framework to measure carbon emissions, not just based ...