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Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... of bank lending, are highly exposed to nature-related risk. Ernst & Young Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation released a report finding that banks that are invested in agriculture, property, resources, and energy, are most exposed to ...

Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... for land clearing would achieve the opposite of what the scheme aims to do," Davis said. The Australian Conservation Foundation also said that the scheme risks allowing further habitat destruction. Potential market participants are concerned with fungibility ...

RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor to exit after 10 years

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... year. O'Connor took the position in February 2013, leaving environmental non-profit the Australian Conservation Foundation and public interest economic consultancy Economists at Large. O'Connor cited personal reasons for his departure from RIAA. ...

Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... health care and income generation for families suffering after decades of civil war in Uganda; Australian Conservation Foundation, which advocates to protect nature and stop climate damage; and Green Fleet, which aims to protect the climate by restoring ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... since 2015, and last year approved a Climate Action Plan for its investment portfolio. The Australian Conservation Foundation has spearheaded a campaign to get QSuper members to sign an open letter to QSuper, asking for greater commitment on managing ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... [carbon capture, utilisation and storage] CCUS will need to be deployed at greater scale." Australian Conservation Foundation chief executive officer Kelly O'Shanassy said the focus should be on clean technology. "2050 is way too far away," O'Shanassy ...

Australian Ethical Investment makes three new hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... and the naming of one of its board members, Mara Bun, as the first female president of the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Abbot Point Port Expansion leads controversy list: RepRisk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Australian Greens Party, the Australian Institution of Marine Science, Greenpeace, and the Australian Conservation Foundation, while the North Queensalnd Conservation Council has entered into legal proceedings to block the project. The most controversial ...

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Don Henry, former CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation, has been appointed a public policy fellow at the University of Melbourne. Henry will undertake research into climate change policy and the role of public activism, specifically the last ...

RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... (RIAA) has hired Simon O'Connor as its new chief executive. O'Connor comes to RIAA from the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), where he was leading economic advisor. While at ACF, he played a critical role in leading the debate on issues including ...
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