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US exits major climate groups, sustainability initiatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... Network for the 21 st Century. The UN organisations include UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, UN Energy, UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN ...

ANZ shareholders deliver 'clear message' at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... addition to the strike against executive pay, ANZ shareholders also delivered a world-record vote in favour of a deforestation resolution. A resolution calling on the bank to disclose deforestation linked to its lending was supported by 22.7% of shares ...

Big banks neglect carbon emitted by financed deforestation: ACF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... Conservation Foundation (ACF) found the big four banks are "underreporting" the carbon emissions resulting from the deforestation they finance. According to ACF's Financed emissions from deforestation: The Big Four's emissions blind spot, all four banks ...

Biodiversity risk is transforming ESG reporting: Lonsec

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... These approaches include the integration of biodiversity into broader ESG frameworks, through natural capital and deforestation risk metrics. Also, the adoption of dedicated biodiversity policies, toolkits and roadmaps to guide investment and engagement ...

Morningstar Sustainalytics names climate, nature solutions lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... the business at this vital industry juncture, in a role that enables me to apply an investor-lens to accelerating deforestation, water stress, and ocean degradation, in support of planetary and economic resilience."

NAB opposes resolution on nature risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
A shareholder resolution filed against NAB over inaction on deforestation will go ahead, but another launched by Market Forces has been abandoned. This comes as new research finds claims of increased forest cover in Australia are misleading. The resolution ...

IFM Investors closes in on 2030 emissions reduction target

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... assessment, the 2025 report also confirmed that only a small proportion of the company's holdings are exposed to high deforestation risk. This has allowed for the focused management of the risk through stewardship activities, the firm said. Across Australian ...

NAB subject to Australia's first bank shareholder resolution on nature risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's largest agribusiness lender NAB will face the nation's first shareholder resolution on nature and deforestation risk. The groundbreaking resolution demands greater transparency about how much the bank lends to customers involved in deforestation ...

Financial materiality of nature-related risks now clear: TNFD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... assets, the fourfold increase in costs of biological invasions per decade, pests and pathogens destroying crop yields, deforestation increasing flood risks, and monocrop tree plantations reducing flood protections, among other things. As a result, the ...

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 ...
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