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ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... manager outlined its key engagement priorities for 2021, including board quality and effectiveness, climate and natural capital, and company impacts on people. BlackRock's sustainability engagement priorities are carried out on a global basis, which ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG and EST lens as well as actively investing in new companies and establishing new markets in areas such as Natural Capital. Hackathons or Design Sprints: we need to set aside thinking time, we need to step away from the day to day, and allow our people ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Climate Asset Management and two international fund managers have founded an initiative to accelerate investment in natural capital. The Natural Capital Investment Alliance has been established by the Prince of Wales as part of his Sustainable Markets ...

Global sustainability standards bodies launch shared vision, goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... system. "The CDSB Framework is industry agnostic and designed to facilitate effective disclosure of a company's natural capital, environmental and climate-related risks and opportunities, so it supports and enhances the work being done elsewhere," said ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... global economy and "companies that are making a positive contribution to societal needs without damaging our 'natural capital," Seery noted. The fund excludes companies with goods, services and business practices that contribute to environmental and ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... happen." The damage wrought by bushfires and other natural disasters highlight the need for an accounting system for natural capital, Petersen said. "The response thus far to this tragedy has been horror at the loss of wildlife, and then the loss of ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... the March quarter could cost 0.4%. However, these initial calculations do not take into consideration damage to natural capital - air, water, soil and other natural resources - and the impacts to public health will come take time to be calculated. Shane ...

QBE joins Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... Development, the We Mean Business coalition and the Carbon Disclosure Project, and the Australian focal point for the Natural Capital Coalition.

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... production and conservation. New Forests will benefit from the initiatives that WCBSD is undertaking with regards to natural capital, and will share their experience in their investment management approach, Brand said. "There's probably two big drivers ...