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China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... framework, the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), as part of efforts to align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The framework sets out goals to halt and reduce biodiversity loss includes proposed legislative ...

Senior appointments at ag managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... managing director Australia, who is also remaining on the board of directors. Killen is the outgoing Chairman of London-based global natural capital asset management firm Climate Asset Management, and senior adviser at natural capital investment and ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Shell has a real opportunity to drive meaningful change in society, and we want to work together to help reduce the overall global emissions by almost half this decade."

NSW can achieve electricity reliability without coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... storage projects leads Buckley to be bullish on the ability to transition Australia's grid system to renewables by 2030. "Global finance is being mobilised and once you mobilise finance, get out of the way," he said. Image courtesy of CHUTTERSNAP on ...

WEF to unlock US$2.8 tr clean energy investment in global majority nations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced a new initiative to assist global majority nations accelerate clean energy investment solutions. The Network to Mobilize Clean Energy Investment for the Global South was founded in Davos this week to help ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... and development, engineering, and project development to scale a pilot iron plant. The fund raising was led by Playground Global, an early-stage venture capital firm with over US$1.2 billion of assets under management that invests in frontier technologies ...

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... total of 29 risks, including geopolitical unrest, and the impact of acquisitions - including its recent acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). The takeover, for US$12.5 billion in cash and common stock, increases BlackRock's exposure ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management has updated its Global Sustainability Strategy with a focus on ESG integration and stewardship. It comes as a response to new regulations as well as evolving consumer and investor expectations. As of September 2023, its ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... what the big challenges are that we can shift the needle on," Archibald said. "From there, we will be doing a national and global scout for leading solutions that are at the pre-commercial stage that we think have an opportunity to be commericalised ...

A rising tide for blue bond investment: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... focus on biodiversity, according to T. Rowe Price. T. Rowe Price has identified US$5 billion in blue bonds currently in global markets, and portfolio manager, global impact credit strategy Matt Lawton compares the state of the blue bond market ot the ...