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CBA invests in native seed merchant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... banking and markets. "As the world focuses on meeting carbon reduction targets, the issues of biodiversity and natural capital are increasingly in the spotlight," Hinchliff said. "Australia's unique ecology and vast land space give us the potential ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Market, mainstreaming biodiversity into public and private decision-making and boosting private investment in natural capital and nature-based solutions. But investors are failing to take biodiversity loss seriously, the report found, bringing into question ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... vulnerable land, and collaboration with Aboriginal control organisations and local farmers. The NSW government's Natural Capital Statement of Intent released in March aims to protect and preserve the environment while generating economic returns ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and emissions reduction. The new team will bring together AECOM's specialists in climate resilience, ecology, natural capital accounting, and digital solutions, and its experience in water-sensitive urban design and landscape architecture. The team will ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... both investors and communities. Experts recently discussed the economic value of the ocean and efforts to make natural capital more visible to economic decision-makers and policies at the Blue Solutions Summit held during the Ocean Lovers Festival in ...

HSBC Australia hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... coordinator on nine of the 26 transactions closed in 2022. In 2022, Climate Asset Management, HSBC's dedicated natural capital investment manager formed as a joint venture with climate change investment and advisory firm Pollination, achieved commitments ...

New Forests appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... take on the role of chief executive and look forward to continuing to cement our reputation as leaders in the natural capital investment space across developed and emerging markets." "With the new shareholders Mitsui and Nomura providing growth capital ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Conference of the Parties (COP15) to be a success, investors must come on board, according to the CEO of Mirova. Natural capital preservation is an investment theme that institutional investors should put time and resources into now, according to Mirova ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... expect government to do the heavy lifting here." The report calculated direct finance flows, rather than indirect natural capital values, to identify how government, landowners, First Peoples, industry and philanthropic partners could collaborate to ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... 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 main stewardship approaches that investors use - proactive ...