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RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor to exit after 10 years

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... end of this year. O'Connor took the position in February 2013, leaving environmental non-profit the Australian Conservation Foundation and public interest economic consultancy Economists at Large. O'Connor cited personal reasons for his departure ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... closing date on 1 June from a range of industries including finance, medicine legal, property and energy as well as conservation and climate-focused NGOs. The Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 will provide a framework for a voluntary national biodiversity ...

Regnan outlines challenges to biodiversity conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Conservation efforts in biodiversity, nature and ecosystems have "failed to achieve their goals" due a variety of flawed assumptions including exclusionary practices separating people and nature, according to a report by Regnan. In Beyond Biodiversity ...

Greening Australia names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... experience in strategic leadership spanning the not-for-profit, private and public sectors, and a lifelong passion for conservation and sustainability" in announcing her appointment. She has also been a member of Greening Australia for many years, and ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Tanya Plibersek and NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe spoke for the first time together on stage at the Nature Conservation Council of NSW's Business Breakfast on Monday, ahead of the 2023 Budget announcement this week. The event brought conservationists ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... assurances that the market demands." The standard is built around 13 principles: Sustainable Agriculture; Soil Health and Conservation; Protection of Water Resources; Protection of Crops; Energy Use, Air Quality and Climate Change; Waste and Material ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... enterprises involved in three key areas of the blue economy - sustainable seafood, the circular economy, and ocean conservation. The fund's final commitments are now more than $132 million. Mirova also manages the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... found that government expenditure ($8.5 billion), private capital investment ($78 billion), biodiversity related conservation charities ($11 billion), sustainable commodities ($5 billion), forest carbon offsets ($24 billion), biodiversity offsets ($9 ...

Majority of investors collaborate on engagement, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... (68%). Half of the investors surveyed also engage on additional ESG topics including public health, biodiversity and conservation, the rights of Indigenous peoples, natural capital, extreme events, and geopolitical issues. The report also defined three ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... home to some of Australia's most iconic threatened species." Increasing investment in forestry and other land-based conservation investments requires shifting private financial systems, streamlining and scaling carbon markets to starting a transition ...