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Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... risks, including impacts on water, air, and soil resources. The Australian Conservation Foundation reported in June that Australia could face losses of $20 billion per year in GDP by 2050 if the rapid decline of nature and biodiversity is not reversed. ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... about the musical chairs of renewable energy fund flow: If US does not become the next renewable energy superpower, can Australia be in the running? All the ingredients are there. "Australia has a natural resource endowment. We already have one-third ...

Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... billions of dollars, with more pledged by the sustainable finance sector. Tsen Wong, head of energy transition, REI Australia at ANZ Bank, said that in the last three years alone, they've been involved in over $6 billion dollars' worth of debt transactions ...

Australia waits for 2035 target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's past resource-driven booms. "Let's get on with the job of building a cleaner, safer, and thriving Australia."

Betashares launches first ethical bonds ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The high-profile exchange-traded fund provider says its new fund is the first to invest fully in an ethically screened Australian bonds portfolio. The powerhouse fund manager now offers nine ethical and responsible investment ETFs - a total of $5.6 ...

IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the prize. She has led two company engagement groups for the embattled Climate Action 100+, which the IGCC convenes in Australia. "Persephone has been a persistent and steadfast force throughout a year that has been challenging for climate stewardship ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... capital - seeking climate solutions, will look for places that have the right political leadership and we have that in Australia - so its now our opportunity to chart a different course." Rachel Alembakis, stewardship manager at U Ethical Investors and ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... those have been filed since 2015 and in 55 countries. "This is not just an isolated phenomenon in particular countries. Australia has the second highest number of cases, only exceeded by the extremely litigious country, the US," Peel said. What is different ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... investors are confident that Trump's threat to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and "Drill, baby, drill!" puts Australia in pole position to become a regional green superpower. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) kicked off its annual ...

Raising the bar on gold integrity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Association of Canada's Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) and the WGC, with involvement from the Minerals Council of Australia as a TSM partner association. The two projects aim to simplify the landscape around voluntary industry-led responsible mining ...