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CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... said. "This CDPQ investment is a welcome addition to the Australian market, to demonstrate the potential for institutional capital to drive the decarbonisation of agriculture," said CEFC head of natural capital Heechung Sung. "We believe there is enormous ...

Climate Action 100+ ramps up corporate activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... measure progress in the target companies. "The new benchmark introduced some new sub-indicators around transition plans, capital allocation and also measuring progress against those goals," Proudlove explained. "The net zero company benchmark provides ...

A new "nuclear renaissance" for investors: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Global energy markets are entering the "next nuclear renaissance", with Australian uranium miners poised to benefit over the short and medium term, according to Maple-Brown Abbott. "With the main focus being on energy security, a re-contracting cycle ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... expressing support and reservations over how a legislative framework for market-led biodiversity recovery would attract capital. The Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications received 75 submissions on the Nature Repair Market Bill ...

Aussie, Kiwi ministers commit to sustainable finance alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... critical enabler of finance and investment into climate solutions, better disclosure to tackle greenwashing, and the role of capital in driving more sustainable economic outcomes for both Australia and New Zealand," Herd said. "They are fundamental to ...

Treasury mandates APRA must consider climate risk in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... with climate change." Liddell noted that over the long term, full disclosure of risks assists the proper functioning of capital markets and helps protect shareholder value. "Other jurisdictions, like the European Commission, have implemented similar ...

Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... in our new materiality analysis, which make sense when you think about it in terms of resources like recycling natural capital and it confirms the fact that we think this is one of our main focus areas." Identifying these material issues will also shape ...

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 ...

The importance of additionality in impact investing

MATT LAWTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... investing, additionality helps to generate positive outcomes that may not otherwise occur without the value of engagement or capital investment. It furthers the drive toward positive impact by accelerating or strengthening impact investment objectives. ...

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 ...