RIAA's Nature Working Group is an initiative to support members in their stewardship responsibilities to protect nature and biodiversity in their business operations and their portfolio of companies.
The Nature Working Group has a three-fold purpose:
- Supporting members to identify and address nature-related investment risks and opportunities including impacts and dependencies
- Supporting members to consider nature in the stewardship of their assets;
- and Finding and sharing the most impactful local and international research and regulatory developments on nature for responsible investors.
The above purpose should be fulfilled with the understanding of the connectedness of this work with Indigenous People and Local Communities, Human Rights and Climate.
As deforestation continues to rise up the agenda for investors, this meeting will explore how organisations are approaching deforestation commitments in practice and what deforestation means as a financial and systemic risk.
We are pleased to be joined by Siobhan Toohill, Sustainability Advisor at Pure and Applied, whose work spans natural capital, sustainable finance and corporate sustainability strategy, and Mara Bún, Chair of Australian Impact Investments, Non-Executive Director of GreenCollar, and Director of the Australian Ethical Foundation, who brings experience across nature-based solutions, climate transition and investment governance. Together, they will share perspectives on how investors can think about deforestation risks, commitments and implementation.
The meeting will also include regular industry updates.
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Sustainability Advisor at Pure and Applied
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Siobhan Toohill is a corporate sustainability specialist, having established and led sustainability functions in listed finance and property. As the first chief sustainability officer at a major Australian bank she was responsible for sustainability strategy and led policy and action on climate change including net zero transition planning, natural capital, human rights, Indigenous engagement, strategic philanthropy and social impact.
She is a trusted advisor to business and government contributing through a range of governance roles, including as Member, Nature Repair Committee; Member, NSW Division Council and National Reporting Committee, Australian Institute of Company Directors; Trustee, Greater Sydney Parklands Trustee; and Member, NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s Advisory Panel. Siobhan was the co-chair of the UN’s Environment Program Finance Initiative’s (UNEP FI) Banking Board overseeing the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRBs), and a member of the governance body for the UN’s Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).
Chair of Australian Impact Investments, Non-Executive Director of GreenCollar, Director/Advisor to Australian Ethical Foundation
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Mara Bún is a company director and advisor who brings a global perspective and cross-sector leadership to the climate and nature imperatives. Drawing on a career across finance, research, non-profit and consulting sectors, she is a Non-Executive Director of GreenCollar; Chair of Australian Impact Investments; and Advisor/Director of the Australian Ethical Foundation. Mara is a faculty member of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s Business Sustainability Program and Chairs the board of chamber music for nature ensemble the Bowerbird Collective. Born and raised in Brazil, Mara serves on the board of the DFAT advisory Council on Australia Latin America Relations COALAR and is a member of the Australia Brazil Chamber of Commerce.
