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Plibersek announces crackdown on offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... responsibilities." During this year's NSW election NSW environment Minister Penny Sharpe committed to fixing the biodiversity offset scheme. "We are all painfully aware of the failings of offsetting at a state and federal level," she said.

First two ISSB standards released - what investors need to know

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting when the standards are applied in combination with other reporting standards. The ISSB is seeking feedback on biodiversity, human capital, human rights, and integration in reporting. The standards were launched at the IFRS Foundation's ...

Strong demand for green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... capital and much more attention is focused on what is needed to transform the country to aligning with net zero." Biodiversity is still a sleeper issue for green bonds, but BNP Paribas AM applies common sense when examining an issuance for potential ...

Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... financial architecture, stating that changes are necessary in order to meet the Paris Agreement, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and broader sustainability goals. Under the MDB joint methodology there are four types of financing referenced ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... proposed Nature Repair Bill, expressing support and reservations over how a legislative framework for market-led biodiversity recovery would attract capital. The Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications received 75 submissions on the ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing as form of greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... international momentum for increased disclosure in climate risk and future signals into similar disclosure of nature and biodiversity. He advised that companies need to think about how sustainability and financial reporting work together, "how can we ...

Regnan outlines challenges to biodiversity conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Conservation efforts in biodiversity, nature and ecosystems have "failed to achieve their goals" due a variety of flawed assumptions including exclusionary practices separating people and nature, according to a report by Regnan. In Beyond Biodiversity ...

Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Robeco has identified climate change, biodiversity, social rights and ESG data quality as material issues that pose both financial materiality and impact materiality in their operations. Robeco has released its sustainability report ...

CBA invests in native seed merchant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Bank has invested in a native seed merchant as part of its strategy to develop carbon sequestration and biodiversity restoration projects. CBA has taken on a minority equity stake in Nindethana Seed Service Pty Ltd (Nindethana). The deal ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Planet Tracker has found that even sustainability funds at the largest asset managers are consistently voting against biodiversity proposals at AGMs. Deeper analysis of three of the top five global asset managers - BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA - uncovered ...