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HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... to livelihoods, coastal protection and we'd be looking at biodiversity value." A 2020 study published in the journal Nature calculated that mangroves also provide flood protection benefits of US$65 billion per year. The project will develop a blueprint ...

Advisers integrating positive impact into investment choices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... easier to find portfolios based on international equities that fit ethical/sustainable profiles, while the concentrated nature of the ASX made it more challenging, but Zbik said that there are now more options in Australian equities as well - he cited ...

UniSuper updates progress on net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed at enabling companies to set greenhouse gas emissions targets to 2050 in line with containing climate change ...

Companies have duty to act on climate conclusions of IPCC report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... climate risk governance Sarah Barker noted that company directors and executives need to understand the forward-facing nature of all climate change risks and understand that the future will not look like historical experience. "The very first thing is ...

Mitsubishi buys stake in Australian carbon credit developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Mitsubishi Corporation has bought a 40% stake in an Australian nature-based developer of carbon credit projects. Mitsubishi Corporation said their investment in Australian Integrated Carbon (AIC) "falls in step with our sustainability objectives, which ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... horizon. And with the Australian banking industry typically unable to offer senior debt beyond seven year tenor, given the nature of local funding markets, the only viable pathway to secure tenor of 10 years plus with pricing that is sustainable is with ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... incomplete market data across companies, sectors and countries, in turn limiting the ability of banks to fully assess the nature of climate risks on the physical assets they lend against or invest in."

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... helping people get out of poverty, or to access renewable energy. Where we think that debt is predatory or a predatory nature to it, when we feel it seeks to exploit people who are poor, young and find it difficult to repay loans, that's where we screen ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... present a source of financial activity in the Asia Pacific region. The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) has published a study, Nature-Based Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region, which scopes out growing corporate and investor interest in carbon markets ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Point Advisory and a subsidiary of Greening Australia have launched a new business that will deliver nature-based carbon credit projects for business and investors. NatureCo will respond to rapidly growing global demand for high integrity nature-based ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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