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Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Victoria and Queensland and some global jurisdictions as well, but there needs to be improved levels of funding, policy development and corporate cooperation to get them off the ground, plus robust accounting and verification regimes. Smith specifies ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... income stream while contributing to a healthier planet." McCosker said CarbonLink is currently engaging in research and development for the soil carbon industry including various national scale projects investigating how soil carbon sampling costs can ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... compared to international peers at 53%. Australia is also "the least likely to have the COO involved with the design and development of ESG strategy, and have the lowest adaptation of organisational structure to ensure that those responsible for sustainability ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Following two years of development and consultation, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) today published its final recommendations on nature-related risk and disclosure, with companies expected to begin adopting the recommendations ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... toward renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, and innovative technologies opens new pathways for growth and development. The iShares MSCI Asia ex-Japan Climate Action ETF offers a diverse and sustainable portfolio that aligns with the climate ...

What's exciting about water infrastructure?

TIM HUMPHREYS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... asset value of the utility, which can be driven by a range of factors, like population growth, new home and business development, increased demand and usage, replacement expenditure for ageing infrastructure and also improving environmental standards ...

Impact investment unlocks land finance for Traditional Owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... with that and there are other opportunities for rekindling our cultural heritage connections and to explore economic development opportunities. CIM director Iain Wood said the Kullilli carbon farming investment is a first-of-its-kind and offers a blueprint ...

Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... passage of the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund means an assured, long-term financing pool to support the development of social and affordable housing in conjunction with private investment. After negotiation in the Senate with crossbench senators ...

Mandatory sustainability calculator streamlines housing approvals

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Georges River Council's planning and environment teams, uses a simple points-based system to assess large-scale Development Applications (DA's) in the Georges River Local Environmental Plan (GRLEP) 2021. Georges River Council is located in the ...

Australia considers carbon tariff to level playing field

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... address "carbon leakage" with a CBAM of its own. The review will look at an assessment of the carbon leakage risks; development of policy options to address carbon leakage, and an assessment of the feasibility of an Australian Carbon Border Adjustment ...