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Warakirri adds kiwifruit orchards to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... will specifically exclude assets involving the farming of tobacco, hemp, cannabis, palm oil, planned or historic deforestation, and short-hold farmland strategies. The fund's indicative portfolio spans a max of sectors, with up to 50% allocated to fruit ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... frameworks and innovations." The pair will also co-publish analysis and papers on the energy transition, nature and deforestation. Eva Cairns, Scottish Widows' head of responsible investment, said: "We've been working hard behind the scenes on enhancing ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... investors are increasingly concerned about the "twin crises" of biodiversity loss and climate change resulting from deforestation. That was a key finding of ISS STOXX's Natural Capital Research Institute's first report on how investors can mitigate ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... agricultural supply chains account for significant terrestrial biodiversity loss including up to 73% of tropical deforestation. PRI was founded in 2005 to understand the investment implications of ESG issues and support members in ESG integration. ISS ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... to fulfill its obligations under international frameworks," said Madan. It alleges the asset manager is financing deforestation, biodiversity loss, land grabs, human rights harm, and breaches of Indigenous Peoples' rights. "BlackRock has failed to prevent ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... fuels alone. A high 41% of emissions came from coal, 32% from oil and 21% from gas. Emissions from land use (such as deforestation) also rose this year but dropped 20% in the past decade. "We have observed over the past two years how the capacity of ...

Activist platform launches full share trading

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... ability to influence a board, but only with more than 100 investors. Campaigns range from issues like gambling to deforestation, paid parental leave, gas fracking and other environmental issues.

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... global policies will encourage Australian companies to adopt nature-positive practices. These policies include the EU Deforestation Due Diligence Regulation, the EU Nature Restoration Law, and national commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity ...

First Sentier heeds the call of nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Biodiversity (FfB) Pledge and the UK Stewardship Code in 2021. Meanwhile, the European Union has delayed its landmark deforestation laws, Reuters reported. The EU Commission caved to industry pressure and proposed a 12-month pause to the EU Deforestation ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... importance of human rights in biodiversity strategy is also emphasized by the IGCC in its new guide for finance on deforestation. Alongisde Aviva Investors and Boston Common Asset Management it found that forests directly support the livelihoods of 1.6 ...
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