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COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... summit saw a major moment for food system transformation. Australia signed the Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate action, joining 134 countries including Brazil, China, Germany, Indonesia, the UK and the ...

Nature Market Repair Bill passes Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... and then try to grow something similar somewhere else. "We understand the two pilot methods created under the former Agriculture Minister - paying farmers to enhance remnant vegetation, and to make biodiverse carbon plantings - will now be rolled out ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... organization to catalyze private investment for high-impact, hard-to-reach projects that safeguard critical infrastructure, agriculture, water resources, and biodiversity. By encouraging nature-positive solutions, we seek to safeguard against climate ...

New advisory body for nature investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Gunn. NAB global sustainable finance head David Jenkins, ANZ sustainable finance head Katharine Tapley, Macquarie agriculture and natural assets global chair Elizabeth O'Leary, and Indigenous community and executive leader, Yorta Yorta man Ian Hamm ...

SDG Loan Fund raises $1.1b of investor capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Investor, including Allianz, FMO and Skandia, will support affordable energy, financial inclusion and sustainable agriculture in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. The blended finance model means institutional investors will co-invest in ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... approach aims to ensure that the scheme adapts to new scientific evidence and policy developments. Competing with agriculture and nature-based approaches The review will discuss the importance of making conscious designs around land use, regenerating ...

Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... empowerment across their supply chain. For the gender benchmark, WBA assessed 112 companies from the apparel and food and agriculture sectors, looking at the policies, processes and practices that move the needle on gender equality. Researchers also ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian Government's National Landcare Program investing $1 billion over the next four years in sustainable agriculture, conservation, oceans research, and support for First Nations waterways. He urged government to further develop nature-positive ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... cropping strategy for a select group of like-minded institutional investors," Adrian Goonan, investment director for agriculture at Warakirri told FS Sustainability. "We continue to see strong investor appetite for large scale agricultural investments ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... lending from $1.3 billion in 2021 to $267 million in 2022. ANZ also reported a combined $52 billion exposure in 2022 to agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining sectors, which are generally highly dependent on biodiversity. "ANZ's peers are significantly ...