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Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... engaged with reforestation, REITS that own forestry assets that result in reforesting, for example. "We'd be looking for nature positive solutions, but that's been hard to find." However, T. Rowe Price is engaging with companies to set biodiversity ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Approximately $260 billion of all outstanding Australian bank loans, or 22% of bank lending, are highly exposed to nature-related risk. Ernst & Young Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation released a report finding that banks that are ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Growing awareness in finance regarding nature conservation and the opportunities related to natural capital is increasingly top of mind for investors. FS Sustainability recently hosted its inaugural event in Sydney supported by ISS ESG, where experts ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Environment Programme Finance Initiative and Principles for Responsible Investment, and is supported by World Wide Fund for Nature and Global Optimism. In 2023, 69 members with US$8.4 trillion in AUM set intermediate climate targets in line with the ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... an FS Sustainability breakfast panel with ISS-ESG. Yazbek-Martin said there is a "massive gulf" between innovations in nature positive solutions and natural capital accounting within the scientific community and how the finance sector is able to respond ...

Podcast: The Call of Nature - Joanne Lee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Investors responsible investment specialist Joanne Lee. Recently First Sentier Investors shared its internal biodiversity and nature guide, which outlines which resources can be used at each step for investors to undertake nature-related company assessments ...

Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... institutional investors representing $23.6 trillion in assets under management have sent letters to 100 companies it will engage on nature and biodiversity loss across eight key sectors. Participants in global investor engagement initiative Nature Action ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... step-change in the sophistication and approach to financial reporting." Directors will have to grapple with the forward-looking nature of climate change impacts estimates, but Barker notes that directors are responsible for other estimates in financial ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australia is "uniquely positioned" to profit from any biodiversity credit market based on nature-positive outcomes, but it will require collaboration from business and government to grow a thriving market, according to analysis from Clayton Utz. Off ...

Warakirri AM properties certified sustainable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Management. Following the pilot, Warakirri agreed to participate in the program because the fund manager believes the holistic nature of the program is "best suited to drive positive change in the agricultural industry in Australia and promote sustainable ...