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New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... production and improving forestry and landscape management practices is critical in combatting climate change and creating nature-positive outcomes in the region. There is also the potential to generate carbon offset credits and/or biodiversity related ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... [progress] and to publish those alongside the NDCs," Dodwell said. Dodwell also pointed to the ways in which natural capital and nature-based solutions for climate will play a role in COP26 negotiations. Impax invests in companies that tilt towards greater ...

Biodiversity goals a part of COP26 considerations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... rate. Herd noted that the next step would be to translate the targets into policy action. The launch of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework, which aims to measure biodiversity and provide a framework in much the same ...

Kilter Rural in $70m mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... investments in response to changing regulatory frameworks and a revised approach to risk management that is changing the nature of investing, said Kilter Rural CEO Cullen Gunn. "There's an appetite for investing in natural capital, which is a terrific ...

CEFC allocates seed capital for lithium production technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... moves toward the development of a commercial demonstration plant. "The Novalith technology has the potential to change the nature of lithium production by using less energy and creating less emissions than current alternatives," said CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. ...

Actuaries Institute challenges boards on skills gaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... sale but over a long period of time." However, remuneration of senior management can become misaligned with the long term nature of the customer relationship, given the short term focus of incentives, Laughlin said. "Multiple changes are being made to ...

ESG managed funds see surging inflows: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... noted. "Experience overseas suggests the acceleration has a long way to run," he said. "ESG funds tend to be global in nature, so sustained growth in ESG funds may also rebalance flows towards international equities." The inflows to ESG funds also boosted ...

Carbon offsets essential to net zero ambitions: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... bolster the integrity of offsetting units. Australia is in a strong position regarding carbon offsets because of the robust nature of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) and their use as part of the Safeguard Mechanism. The Safeguard Mechanism requires ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... said. "It basically become a large feedback loop - the more we warm the climate, the more damaging it is to biodiversity. "Nature is the multistage feedback loop to us and our behaviour and where the traction hits the ground is in water scarcity and ...

Plant agriculture sector in net zero policies: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... that existing state and territory land clearing laws should not be weakened, and should aim to keep existing stocks of nature based carbon at or above current levels. Image courtesy of Matt Palmer on Unsplash