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Growing scope for investing in natural capital: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Global investment consultancy bfinance has identified more than 50 asset managers globally who are investing in natural capital. bfinance reported that at a global level, there were more client searches for natural capital manager in 2023 than real ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Current financial regulations and central banking activities have an outsized focus on climate, and neglect broader impacts such as biodiversity loss and its effects on communities who rely on nature for their livelihoods. While progress has been made ...

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures disbanded

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has now officially fulfilled its remit and disbanded. As of November 2023, the TCFD website will no longer be updated or monitored but will remain available with resources for materials ...

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... investors," said ACSI CEO Louise Davidson. "Our Governance Guidelines reflect our expectations of how Australian boards can best protect long term value for their investors, especially the retirement savings invested by superannuation funds," Ms Davidson ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... towards forests, mangroves and the ocean. This funding builds on the $2.5 billion that was mobilised on 2 December to protect and restore nature. "However, these figures are dwarfed by the numbers from the UNEP report. The redirection of private sector ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... COP30 in 2025, announced the creation of a US$250 billion Tropical Forests Forever Fund, a global funding mechanism to protect forests in up to 80 countries. The instrument will be fully operational by COP30. The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's ...

Nature Market Repair Bill passes Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... legislation. The scheme covers all land tenure and water, eligible landholders who undertake voluntary projects that enhance or protect biodiversity would receive a tradeable certificate tracked through a national register. "The Nature Repair Market ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... pledged for health, US$2.6 billion has been committed for food systems transformation, US$2.6 billion has been pledged to protect nature, US$467 million has been announced for urban climate action, and US$1.2 billion has been committed for relief, recovery ...

New advisory body for nature investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Nature Positive Summit will be held in Sydney next year. "Our new Nature Finance Council will strengthen our efforts to protect more of what's precious and repair more of what's damaged," Minister Plibersek commented. "Working alongside industry, scientists ...

New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has released guidance to help direct finance to climate mitigation initiatives and commitment beyond science-aligned emissions cuts. The new guidance for the Claims Code of Practice aims to accelerate ...