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Podcast: Recognising tomorrow's sustainability winners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... winners. Last year 's Gold Banksia Award went to Planet Protector Packaging for its unique product WOOLPACK, which uses wool waste as a sustainable packaging alternative to polystyrene plastic. WOOLPACK is already being used for temperature-sensitive ...

Brambles launches Australian-first circular economy green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... share and reuse models, producing tangible environmental benefits including reductions in the use of natural resources, waste and carbon emissions." The eight-year €500 million green bond, with a coupon rate of 4.25%, was issued under Brambles' European ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Health and Conservation; Protection of Water Resources; Protection of Crops; Energy Use, Air Quality and Climate Change; Waste and Material Management; Conservation of Biodiversity; Protection of Special Sites; Local Communities; Employees and Farm Labor ...

Resource-efficient companies more resilient: Impax AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... risks and potential opportunities related to biodiversity. "There's clearly an opportunity in the food space to reduce food waste through precision agriculture, smart packaging, preventing loss of commodities across the food chain, and ensuring that ...

IFM Investors commits to US biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... projects, IFM Investors said. GreenGas uses existing technologies to capture, purify and transport biogas from existing organic waste streams for its end use as pipeline quality RNG. IFM Investors noted that GreenGas sells the RNG and associated environmental ...

Bloom raises $525,000 in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... invest in result in positive impacts." Bloom's impact reporting will focus on collecting "key impact metrics" such as waste diverted from landfill, reductions in CO2 emissions, with links to real-world impacts, Socquet-Clerc said. "When we say, we've ...

JPMorgan Asset Management launches sustainable ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... investing in less carbon-intensive forms of agriculture, construction, or transportation; or developing technologies to reduce waste. JPSI invests in essential assets such as electricity networks; water networks and water treatments; wind, hydropower ...

Sustainable packaging sector set to grow: Nanuk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... to the broader issues, there are a few challenging sides to the argument, frankly," he said. "We're cognisant that food waste is a critical issue. There's a lot of GHG emissions, a lot of enviro problems associated with farming, food production, food ...

Brisbane Airport to use AI to cut emissions in buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... the operator of Brisbane Airport (BNE), is committed to 2030 Sustainability Targets to address carbon, energy, water, and waste impacts. "We are committed to achieving our sustainability targets and experimenting and adopting new technologies which can ...

Podcast: Democratising climate impact investing with Camille Socquet-Clerc

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... companies can do the same for a minimum of $5000. The fund currently holds 75 investments, including Tesla and Cleanaway Waste Management Limited. The fund uses positive screens to invest in funds that are aligned to Project Drawdown, which identifies ...