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Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... particularly agriculture, forestry, food manufacturing, construction, water and waste services, mining, real estate, transport, accommodation or hospitality. For this reason, natural capital is a key theme for company engagement, with 62% of investors ...

NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Equipment program: $200 million in CEFC capital to support a 0.5% interest rate discount on investments in manufacturing, transport and recycling. NAB Agribusiness - Emissions Reduction Incentive program: $100 million in CEFC capital to support a 1.15% ...

TNFD adds to sector guidance, scores funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released final guidance on four new sectors and draft guidance on a further three, as it also nets strategic funding from The Rockefeller Foundation. The TNFD has released final sector ...

Cooling US clean tech to drive Aus growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
US investment in new clean technologies dropped sharply in the first nine months of 2024 from US$42 billion to $16.2bn; energy investors say this could be a golden opportunity for Australia. If current trends continue, the US will fall short of its ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... management within the sector. Before arriving at Aware Super, Castro worked as an advisor at EY in power and utilities and transport and as an analyst in the banking, life insurance and FMCG sectors.

Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Carbon emissions from listed equities may have reached a turning point, according to new findings made using advanced artificial intelligence to fill disclosure gaps. Financed emissions data and climate risk analyst Emmi looked at 45,000 public companies ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Smart investors are buying into firms angling to solve the agri-food sector's biggest challenges, says Tai Lin, managing partner at private equity giant Proterra Asia. Amid an escalating global food crisis and the urgency of climate change, the ...

Westpac, CEFC back climate tech fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... The new fund aims to deploy $200 million into technologies including clean energy, electrification, grid management, transport, smart cities, food and agriculture, and the circular economy. This follows the success of the first fund which saw $270 million ...

Rural slavery risk raises ESG alarm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Pacific Islanders and Working Holiday Visa holders particularly at risk. They face issues with working conditions, wages, transport and living conditions, gendered violence, healthcare access, and social isolation. Women are particularly at risk. Reports ...

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
More than 530 investors have thrown their support behind global whole-of-government policy overhaul in an effort to reach net zero. The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis letter released this week counts leading super ...