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Australian banks fail to manage financed deforestation: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Latest findings identified mortgages provided by major banks are contributing to deforestation, with just one bank having made a 'No deforestation' commitment. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) conducted analysis of 100 land titles and found ...

NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... CEFC capital to support a 0.5% interest rate discount on investments in manufacturing, transport and recycling. NAB Agribusiness - Emissions Reduction Incentive program: $100 million in CEFC capital to support a 1.15% interest rate discount for farmers ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... impacts of geopolitics and potential new trade tariffs were expected to be increasingly felt across the global food and agribusiness supply chain in the next five years. "Under another Trump presidency, or 'Trump 2.0', for many exporters dealing ...

Rest nabs culture leader from Aware

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... part, Ghosn has over 20 years' experience leading people initiatives in several sectors, including engineering, agribusiness, and financial services. Most recently, she served as chief people officer at life insurer NobleOak. Before that, she was ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
BlackRock dismisses allegations it increased spending in agribusiness and ignored known harm in its active and index funds. The complaint follows legal precedent that financial institutions are responsible for acting on human rights and environmental ...

Westpac, CEFC back climate tech fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... history. Other investees include the nation's largest EV charging infrastructure company JET Charge, and soil carbon agribusiness Loam. The venture capitalist has also invested in ultra-lightweight solar panel maker Sunman, aircraft drag reducer MicroTau ...

GreenCollar makes strategic acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... The partnership with EnergyLink Services is designed to help GreenCollar increase its reach, particularly in the agribusiness sector, GreenCollar said. "GreenCollar and EnergyLink Services have been working together closely for a long time now," said ...

SDG Loan Fund raises $1.1b of investor capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... medium-sized businesses in low- and moderate-income countries in three target sectors: energy, financial institutions, and agribusiness. This will address a critical annual funding gap that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased by ...

Fidante partners with Proterra Asia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Partners Asia via a minority stake. Fidante said the private equity investor, which focuses on the Asian food and agribusiness sectors, aligns with its overarching objectives, and builds on an existing distribution agreement between the firms. Fidante ...

Amid economic uncertainty, "overlooked" co-ops and mutuals thrive

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... slightly during 2022, despite consolidation in key sectors such as banking and financial services. Profitability across agribusiness, financial services, health insurance and motoring was impacted by global energy and commodity price volatility. BCCM ...
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