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ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... is taking the bank to court over allegations that it has failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter, who is represented ...

"Looming" governance gap as reporting becomes mandatory

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... specialists are being recruited into core banking and investment teams. Professionals with a background in climate, biodiversity and human rights are in high demand, as well as data analysts and specialists with sustainability experience in the business ...

Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon - have not been in the fund. That has been a meaningful headwind for us." While biodiversity is a topic of interest, Balkrishna notes that it is difficult to find companies that meet the revenue threshold minimums ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... responsible for the biggest impact on nature. The report, which focuses on aligning Australia's banking with the Global Biodiversity Framework, identifies six lending practices that act as barriers to protecting and restoring nature. It identifies ...

PRI to shake up reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... issues that investors are prioritising in their practices. Example areas include climate change, human rights, or biodiversity. During the co-design process with signatories, one of these two models (or a combination of both) will provide the basis for ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... adapt to evolving regulations and engage actively with the companies they invest in. Asset owners need now consider biodiversity values of portfolios, leveraging tools like ISS ESG. The nature-positive movement seeks to reverse biodiversity loss through ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Connecting how the finance sector can connect with innovations in biodiversity, natural capital and work being done on the ground in sectors like the agricultural industry is the next stage in driving real world impacts in protecting the natural world. ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... coverage, with an increasing number of infrastructure participants now reporting on key metrics such as air pollution, biodiversity and habitat, waste and employee engagement. "Benchmark growth across real estate and infrastructure this year is not just ...

Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... representing $23.6 trillion in assets under management have sent letters to 100 companies it will engage on nature and biodiversity loss across eight key sectors. Participants in global investor engagement initiative Nature Action 100 will send letters ...

UniSuper, pension funds buy forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... ways to add further value, harnessing the growth in the circular bioeconomy, carbon projects, natural capital and biodiversity markets." In December 2022, Forico became the first forestry manager in Australia to achieve FSC Ecosystem Services certification ...