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Bank Australia taps NAB executive as chief impact officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... recently executive, social impact. Previously, she led NAB's Corporate Social Responsibility function and NAB's natural capital strategy. Bank Australia managing director Damien Walsh cited Courville's experience across sustainability and shared value ...

Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... matters that are important to our investors." Kilter Rural CEO Cullen Gunn noted that Kilter provides reporting on natural capital, saying "we are excited to participate in the Leading Harvest initiative as we believe the development of a broadly accepted ...

Data challenges inhibit ESG integration in sovereign credit ratings: World Bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... related to human capital and produced capital are "generally reflected" in sovereign credit ratings assessments, but natural capital is generally not. "We deduce that if a credit assessment were conducted over a longer time horizon, natural capital would ...

2021 theme in review: biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... out up to $27 billion from the Australian economy annually by 2050. ACSI's report Biodiversity: unlocking natural capital value for Australian Investors, outlines the way in which biodiversity loss presents physical, transition and systemic risks ...

What you read in 2021

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... framework for capital market assets that can be used to raise conservation finance, as a step towards establishing natural capital as an investment asset class, HSBC said. Given the interest in biodiversity at the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties ...

Biodiversity loss a material financial risk: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has released a report, Biodiversity: unlocking natural capital value for Australian Investors: November 2021, which outlines the way in which biodiversity loss presents physical, transition ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... measure [progress] and to publish those alongside the NDCs," Dodwell said. Dodwell also pointed to the ways in which natural capital and nature-based solutions for climate will play a role in COP26 negotiations. Impax invests in companies that tilt towards ...

Kilter Rural in $70m mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... investor with the mandate to invest in sustainable Australian agriculture and water assets. Investors are seeking natural capital investments in response to changing regulatory frameworks and a revised approach to risk management that is changing the ...

AXA IM looks to launch forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... portfolio, it's nearly impossible if you have a mixed bag of assets," Kalyanakumar said. "We have developed a natural capital strategy which will sit side by side with our real assets strategy. The reason for developing this capital strategy is that ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Agricultural investments offer not only long-term diversified returns, but also the potential to use natural capital to impact on climate change as well as generate additional financial return. Warakirri Cropping chief executive officer and head of ...