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HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Wilder pointed to a 2016 International Finance Corporation US$152 million Forest Bond that was developed to prevent deforestation in developing countries as an example of past work. The Forest Bond was developed with FC developed the Forests Bond with ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... because of the "inextricable links" between coronavirus and issues that are exacerbating climate change, such as deforestation and destruction of ecosystems. "This is almost a shot across the bow for companies to get themselves ready for continued economic ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
A new report from the Wilderness Society shows that 73% of all deforestation in Queensland is linked to beef production, calling on Australian companies to assess their exposures to deforestation in the beef supply chain. The Wilderness Society conducted ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... agriculture overall. The FAIRR Protein Producers index assessed producers against nine factors including: emissions; deforestation; water scarcity; antibiotic immunity; waste; working conditions; food safety; animal welfare and sustainable proteins. ...

CDP issues 2017 Climate Change Report for Australia/New Zealand companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... customers using its carbon neutral products offset 8,114 tonnes of CO2, representing an increase of 30%." "Halting deforestation is inextricably linked to realizing business opportunities, staying ahead of the regulatory curve, and mitigating financial ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... meaningful. What we're seeing now is that PRI and Ceres are now working together on a multi-stakeholder strategy on deforestation, palm oil, looking at large scale agriculture, looking at a lot of things." Michael Walsh, CEO of UCA Funds Management ...

Brambles talks sustainability strategy, Sustainable Development Goals and natural capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... supply coming from certified sustainable resources, ahead of a 2020 target to be 100%. "The risk of contributing to deforestation is Brambles' most material sustainability issue," the company said in its review, and in August announced it would divest ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Bondfield noted that some issues in the global roundtable, such as use of child labour and Amazonian rainforest deforestation, are not concerns for Australian-based producers, for example, while water use is a concern in Australia. RMAC's SSG is currently ...

Global Canopy Programme appoints executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... not be more critical. Leading companies, investors and governments have made unprecedented commitments to remove deforestation from their activities and supply chains by 2020 - and it's vital they deliver. We'll be tracking and supporting their progress ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... proposed by COP21 and corporations are overly market oriented and that mechanisms like REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) are a new form of colonialism for Africa." Foley also noted that at COP21, Environment Minister ...