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EPBC Act reforms offer clearer decarbonisation pathway: Fund manager

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) that passed last week will provide a clearer pathway towards decarbonisation for investors, according to Ellerston Capital. On November 28, both houses of Parliament ...

NAB opposes resolution on nature risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... are misleading. The resolution set to go ahead - despite NAB's opposition - was facilitated by the Australian Conservation Foundation and co-filed by SIX Invest, Australian Ethical, Melior Investment Management and more than 100 shareholders. NAB ...

Green moves: Madison Hunt, IUCN Council

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... Webster's career - shifting from measuring environmental impact in investment portfolios to creating it directly through conservation and sustainability initiatives. At SEFA, Webster spent two years as finance and relationship manager, leading loan origination ...

Minderoo Foundation pours millions into forest preservation initiative

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... (US$10m) to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a global initiative to mobilise long-term finance for the conservation and restoration of tropical forests. Announced during the Belém Climate Summit, the World Leaders' Summit for COP30, Minderoo ...

NAB subject to Australia's first bank shareholder resolution on nature risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... shareholder proposal will be voted on at NAB's general meeting on December 12. The motion will be led by the Australian Conservation Foundation and co-filed by SIX Invest, Australian Ethical, Melior Investment Management, and more than 100 other shareholders. ...

Alliance formed to demand polluters pay their 'fair share'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research, Beyond Gas Network, Cairns and Far North Environment Centre, Conservation Council of Western Australia, Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Queensland Conservation Council, Environment Victoria ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... PC commissioner Martin Stokie added. The report called for reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, which it said was slowing down vital approvals without effectively protecting the environment. These reforms would introduce ...

Green moves: Carbon Market Institute, JO Hambro

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... climate negotiations (COP23). He previously led The Climate Institute and worked as campaigns director at Australian Conservation Foundation. Today, CMI has around 150 member companies spanning the carbon value chain, including primary producers, carbon ...

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 ...