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Warakirri AM properties certified sustainable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management's more than 160,000 acres of properties have been certified under the Leading Harvest Australia Farmland Management Standard. The certification covers property operated by Warakirri under its various strategies including the ...

Podcast: Alex Banks - she speaks for the trees

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... The Wilderness Society that found that financiers do not assess and disclose deforestation and biodiversity loss in Australia and may not even be aware of the risk when funding Australia's primary industries. The report also found that deforestation ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... next phase of sustainability in business, analysing results from 3,000 executives around the world, including 250 in Australia to assess sustainability practices and challenges as well as forward strategy. Australian leaders lag their global peers on ...

Go digital for ESG, financial reporting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... recently authored a report, Embracing the power of digital corporate reporting: A mandate for change, which posits that Australia should move in line with other world markets to convert financial reports to a machine-readable format that assigns tags ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... issue. It is now squarely a central and strategic risk management issue." Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia CEO Andrew Petersen commented that the framework is going to "help business to be more transparent on impact on nature". ...

Higher ESG means stronger ROI: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... traded companies across four geographic regions (World, North America, Western Europe and Asia), 12 countries/markets (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, (Hong Kong SAR), India, Japan, South Korea, the UK and the US) and 11 industries. ...

Responsible investment AUM declines but uptake increases: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... leading approach to responsible investment. The report also identified that 93% of all professionally managed funds in Australia are "managed by investors with a public commitment to responsible investment." RIAA also identified 54 fund managers as Responsible ...

Impact investment unlocks land finance for Traditional Owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon farming investment is a first-of-its-kind and offers a blueprint for First Nations economic empowerment across Australia. The station sold for $6.1 million and CIM provided the "majority" of the finance through this deal. "The unique element is ...

Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The passage of the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund means an assured, long-term financing pool to support the development of social and affordable housing in conjunction with private investment. After negotiation in the Senate with crossbench ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... on his career history as former climate change minister as well as former chair of IFM Investors and Industry Super Australia, Combet noted that the most profound change in sentiment around climate change is the momentum from business leaders. "It's ...