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Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Tanya Plibersek and NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe spoke for the first time together on stage at the Nature Conservation Council of NSW's Business Breakfast on Monday, ahead of the 2023 Budget announcement this week. The event brought conservationists ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... assurances that the market demands." The standard is built around 13 principles: Sustainable Agriculture; Soil Health and Conservation; Protection of Water Resources; Protection of Crops; Energy Use, Air Quality and Climate Change; Waste and Material ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... enterprises involved in three key areas of the blue economy - sustainable seafood, the circular economy, and ocean conservation. The fund's final commitments are now more than $132 million. Mirova also manages the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... found that government expenditure ($8.5 billion), private capital investment ($78 billion), biodiversity related conservation charities ($11 billion), sustainable commodities ($5 billion), forest carbon offsets ($24 billion), biodiversity offsets ($9 ...

Majority of investors collaborate on engagement, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... (68%). Half of the investors surveyed also engage on additional ESG topics including public health, biodiversity and conservation, the rights of Indigenous peoples, natural capital, extreme events, and geopolitical issues. The report also defined three ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... home to some of Australia's most iconic threatened species." Increasing investment in forestry and other land-based conservation investments requires shifting private financial systems, streamlining and scaling carbon markets to starting a transition ...

New Forests African forestry fund receives US$200m in investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... "New Forests' new Africa platform will expand the plantation forest sector while seeking to also support forest conservation, restoration of degraded land and expansion of community-based forestry programs. As an open-ended investment vehicle AFIP ...

Minderoo Foundation, Illumina launch ocean biodiversity DNA project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... OceanOmics Dr Steve Burnell, said research undertaken as part of the partnership will help accelerate marine biodiversity conservation. "It's a powerful way of assessing what is the life in a particular area of the ocean," Burnell said. "The way we do ...

Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... education, health care and income generation for families suffering after decades of civil war in Uganda; Australian Conservation Foundation, which advocates to protect nature and stop climate damage; and Green Fleet, which aims to protect the climate ...

State of the Environment report a wake up call for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... and business, with experts advising that investors and corporates should take stock of risks and steps to improve conservation. The 2021 State of the Environment report shows the past five years have seen alarming rises in threatened species, land clearing ...