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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 ...

EPBC Act reforms urgently needed: Industry groups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... groups have called on the government to urgently deliver its reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, which they say is "failing on all fronts." A group of eight industry, community, environment, union and science ...

Green moves: Climateworks, Friends of the Earth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... community and political leaders in Australia and offshore. He has served as a climate change manager at the Australian Conservation Foundation and spent many years at Greenpeace researching, writing, fundraising, campaigning and coordinating projects. ...

Green moves: Alphinity, Australian Ethical, Climate Change Authority

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... human rights, and social impact. She advises businesses and governments on issues such as climate change, nature conservation, anti-slavery initiatives, and gambling-related harm. Toohill has previously co-chaired the UN Environment Programme's Banking ...

New landscapes, natural capital strategy launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... infrastructure. It will also seek to access environmental markets such as carbon and biodiversity, renewable energy and conservation covenants, the firm said. "New Forests is recognised as an industry leader, with an established track record of nearly ...