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HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... forestry, regenerative and sustainable agriculture, water supply, blue carbon (carbon captured by oceans and coastal ecosystems), nature based bio-fuels, or nature based projects that generate returns from reducing greenhouse emissions. "Investors can ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 social disruption that ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... catastrophic bushfire season, which caused widespread loss and devastation to Australian communities, wildlife and natural ecosystems," said Dr Wendy Craik, chair of the CCA. "At the same time Australians have endured a record severe and prolonged drought. ...

South Pole Australia launches EcoAustralia biodiversity, carbon credit product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... compensate their carbon emissions and contribute to the regeneration and preservation of Australia's most vulnerable ecosystems," South Pole Australia said. South Sole Australia is partnering with Cassina Environmental on the project. Cassina Environemtnal ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases Water Criteria Phase 2 Consultation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... implementing freshwater resilience, the launch of credible evidence-based criteria for the long-term investment in ecosystems and hybrid infrastructure marks an enormous advance for the water and finance communities," said John Matthews - Water TWG lead ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Allens Climate Change Group. "The agreement specifically refers to indigenous people, human rights, and vulnerable ecosystems, which means these matters will need to be into account and that everyone should have an appropriate sustainable development ...

Abbot Point Port Expansion leads controversy list: RepRisk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Risk Platform analytics. The Abbot Point Port Expansion project was joint-third on the list. RepRisk cited impact on ecosystems and landscapes, waste issues, local pollution, global pollution and impacts on communities as the top ESG issues related to ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Adelaide, where Seed Consulting helped to facilitate part of the workshop. The tour starte around the same time as CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences published a report find that if green spaces in Australian cities were doubled, "heat wave related deaths in ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... outcomes, which Gold Standard noted "are widely used and incorporated in recent initiatives such as The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)." Although the report didn't analyse any ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... has that front and centre in the mind," Welsh said. "When we purchase a property, we think about the potential for ecosystems services. If you accept the theory that we've reached the planet's limits, you have to treat benefits from natural capital as ...