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TNFD guides board directors on assessing nature-related risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... and capital allocation practices. It follows a GFI report last year that demonstrated nature risks could decrease the UK's GDP by up to 12% by the 2030s. The aim is for companies to strengthen resilience and unlock commercial opportunities. In essence ...

Developing climate risks facing institutional investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... shows temperatures rising to 1.6°C by 2100." Additionally, Ortec said the warming of the planet poses a risk to inflation and GDP. It said that by 2050 price levels will be 11% higher in the US and 6% higher in the UK in comparison to Ortec Finance's ...

PE left 3bn tonnes of emissions: Emmi

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... "That year, industrial carbon emissions were 37.2 billion tonnes. Assuming PE is roughly 8% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (~$105 trillion), then the sector's total carbon footprint was about three billion tonnes. This is not insignificant in ...

BlackRock moves on natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... looking to focus more on long-term financial resilience - including investment in natural capital assets. With 55% of global GDP (US$58 trillion) dependant on nature, BlackRock has acknowledged that a repricing event is on the horizon as asset prices ...

Government creates $1bn green iron fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... However, the Minerals Institute of Western Australia says a single green iron plant could add a cumulative $85 billion to GDP, an additional $2.4 billion in real income each year, and a further 1540 full-time jobs. Up to $500 million of the fund is earmarked ...

Investors must take a long-term view: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... it was in 2020-21, when investors, corporates and governments massively committed to net zero - amounting to 93% of global GDP and 88% of global emissions. By and large, governments have failed on their commitments, put the brakes on green ambitions ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... protection laws would eliminate uncertainty in environmental protection and be good for the economy. Around half of Australia's GDP has a moderate to very high dependence on healthy biodiversity and ecosystem, particularly agriculture, forestry, food ...

Coalition plans to scrap climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... to introduce ISSB standards to their respective regulatory frameworks. "These jurisdictions represent over half of global GDP, including 70% of Australia's export partners," Higgins said. While regulation is converging globally, some politicians, companies ...

Aus govt calls VCs and private equity to back circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Doubling Australia's circularity rate could deliver a $26 billion net economic boost to GDP by 2035, according to Canberra's inaugural plan for a circular economy. The Circular Economy Framework, released last week by the federal department of climate ...

Green investors face short-term bumps

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... while investors with a forward-looking perspective are well positioned to navigate short-term uncertainties effectively." Real GDP is projected to grow by 1.7% in a mild stagflationary trend. Resilient US growth is expected to be tempered by cooling ...
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