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Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... resources, quicker project approvals, managers and mitigates risk as well associated with it could be reputational risk mitigation." Davids said the finance sectors needs to centre First Nations interests beyond community engagement and land stewardship. ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... European canola market, supported Queensland's biofuel projects, contributed to the Australian Grains Baseline and Mitigation Report, provided benchmarking capabilities through FarmPrint, and delivered a wide range of agricultural LCAs. The project ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions at the unit level has been key to being able to set and enforce expectations around climate adaptation and mitigation. "Similarly we need reliable, scalable data on modern slavery risks to properly factor into business and investment decisions. ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Editorial note: This is the second in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics Investing in climate mitigation is still a key priority, but investing in adaptation and resilience to the physical damages and disruption of climate change ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... billion in 2022, up 46% from 2019, a new joint report has found. The spend included US$38 billion (63%) on climate change mitigation finance, and US$22.7 billion (37%) on climate change adaptation. Private finance stood at US$16.9 billion, the report ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the massive scale of risk posed by climate change calls for an equally massive investment in risk reduction through mitigation and adaptation. Extreme weather, rising seas, decarbonisation, economics, and politics all impact the sector. These issues ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... foundation to measure their impacts and dependencies on nature and their key risks, and we expect companies to improve mitigation and risk management. The TNFD will also afford investors global comparability, which will be welcome. The complexity of ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... company or portfolio could face from climate risks and opportunities. Some include transition risk VaR (focused on mitigation and decarbonisation), physical risk VaR (focused on adaptation) or technology. These various portfolio climate metrics can help ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... at the Glasgow COP and are trying to move towards consolidated funding for country level initiatives around climate mitigation, biodiversity adaptation and so on. "We're also engaging with some of the organisations that are working on the Carbon ...

Climate action both risk and opportunity to Australia: Intergenerational Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... which we know are among the biggest of climate-related costs." The report also noted that there is a strong need for mitigation measures to both support opportunities in growth areas and "reduce the likelihood that workers impacted by the net zero transformation ...