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Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... investment framework which enables us to score individual companies on their positive or negative contribution on biodiversity loss," Peppelenbos said. "We look at the five drivers - climate change, land use change, pollution, exploitation of natural ...

Addressing climate change by investing in environmental solutions: TT International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... products or services which are having a significant positive impact on the issues of both climate change and biodiversity loss. The strategy currently holds around 40-45 securities, Thomas said. "Every company we invest in goes through our environmental ...

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... in the future that may or may not happen and you can hedge against that," Kanzer said. "Like climate change, biodiversity loss isn't a risk far off in the future. "The status quo points to disaster, and there's no hedge against disaster." The ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Peppelenbos, Robeco climate strategist. "It is challenging around biodiversity because there are different drivers of biodiversity loss which are difficult to accumulate around impact to single company or issuer," Peppelenbos said. "Pollution is a very ...

Dire IPCC climate report should catalyse investor, business action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... taking action to ensure an orderly, just and equitable transition." The report cites global trends including biodiversity loss, overall unsustainable consumption of natural resources, land and ecosystem degradation, rapid urbanisation, human demographic ...

2021 theme in review: biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Later in November, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) launched a report stating that biodiversity loss is a material financial risk for Australian companies, one that could wipe out up to $27 billion from the Australian economy ...

Vontobel to assess biodiversity impacts of portfolio investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... ones who deliver the leaders to the ones who have not paid so much attention. The risks and opportunities of biodiversity loss are profound. "If modern agriculture is struggling with worsening soil quality and the impacts of monocropping, the risk is ...

Biodiversity loss a material financial risk: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Biodiversity loss is a material financial risk for Australian companies that could wipe out up to $27 billion from the Australian economy annually by 2050, according to a report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... of the world's forests, including 20% of all tropical forests. These ecosystems are under pressure from biodiversity loss and deforestation, as the continent faces a growing wood products shortage as economies and populations grow. Brand noted that ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
The connection between biodiversity management and corporate management is becoming increasingly clear, and consumer impacts on biodiversity is both a risk and an opportunity, according to Vontobel Asset Management. Vontobel head of ESG and thought ...