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Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Eight thousand farmers across Australia have opposed the inclusion of biodiversity offsets for land clearing in the federal government's Nature Market Repair Bill, which they say could not effectively offset habitat loss from other developments. The ...

New Forests adds California forestry assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Global nature-based real assets manager New Forests has bought a 7,600 hectare timber asset in the Mount Shasta region of California. It is the first asset acquired by New Forests' Forest Climate Solutions Fund (FCS) which focuses on combining returns ...

Aussie businesses building climate resilience: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... million in a discount meant to provide additional cash to invest in climate-related resilience solutions. The "resilience credit" is a 5% premium offset against all FM Global policies with renewals or anniversaries between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30 ...

Strong demand for green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... solutions and the technologies to decarbonize our economies and to fund the energy transition." In addition to standard credit and financial analysis, BNP Paribas AM analyses green bonds for three additional characteristics - ambition, quality of proceeds ...

Amid economic uncertainty, "overlooked" co-ops and mutuals thrive

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's top 100 co-operative and mutual enterprises saw revenue increases of 10.8% to $37.7 billion in the 2022 financial year, despite global and domestic economic uncertainty - with the greatest number being in the financial services sector, a ...

Qualitas names sustainability veteran to ESG advisory board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... example, in regard to the E in ESG, we want to leverage our leading position and deep expertise in real estate private credit to drive change across the industry by supporting and encouraging borrowers to invest in real assets with a strong sustainability ...

New net zero bondholder stewardship guidance: IIGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... equity holder can. This includes with issuers, investors, banks, rating agencies, and regulators such as with banks or credit rating agencies. Bondholders do not possess the same rights as shareholders and face limitations in bond documentation and green ...

IIGCC, TPI Centre launch Bank Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... published in summer 2023. The banks to be assessed include Bank of America, Bank of China, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutschebank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, and JP Morgan. The assessments will highlight progress and areas for improvement ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
A range of public and private sector entities have weighed in on the government's proposed Nature Repair Bill, expressing support and reservations over how a legislative framework for market-led biodiversity recovery would attract capital. The Senate ...

Companies urged to address Scope 3 emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGERS) scheme must offset their activities through the purchase of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). This knowledge gap has resulted in an increase in carbon offsets, Cajic said, warning that companies ...