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HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and economic co-benefits, which Bhattacharjee said pointed to the state's investment in natural capital projects. "There is a significant amount of research in the value of mangroves in Australia, the Queensland government has ...

Global fund manager buys Australian forestry asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... AXA IM head of Australia, real assets Kumar Kalyanakumar. "Within AXA IM Alts, we have a very clear strategy for natural capital investments. Forestry is an attractive sector for us because of its carbon sequestration attributes." GTFP is located in ...

Integrating the circular economy into investment strategies: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Focusing on building a circular economy that integrates natural capital in terms of both costs and future benefits is a long-term investing strategy, according to American Century Investments. Linking increased focus on the circular economy to World ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 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. "We've made the commitment to net zero, but in the race to net zero, we need some ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Paribas Asset Management is also seeking to leverage investment in unlisted assets, she adds. "We're also exploring natural capital in the unlisted space," Ambachtsheer says. "For example, natural carbon sinks as a part of the solution. They are under-invested ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... manager outlined its key engagement priorities for 2021, including board quality and effectiveness, climate and natural capital, and company impacts on people. BlackRock's sustainability engagement priorities are carried out on a global basis, which ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG and EST lens as well as actively investing in new companies and establishing new markets in areas such as Natural Capital. Hackathons or Design Sprints: we need to set aside thinking time, we need to step away from the day to day, and allow our people ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Climate Asset Management and two international fund managers have founded an initiative to accelerate investment in natural capital. The Natural Capital Investment Alliance has been established by the Prince of Wales as part of his Sustainable Markets ...

Global sustainability standards bodies launch shared vision, goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... system. "The CDSB Framework is industry agnostic and designed to facilitate effective disclosure of a company's natural capital, environmental and climate-related risks and opportunities, so it supports and enhances the work being done elsewhere," said ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...