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Australian Ethical puts Macquarie on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... By contrast, the ethical investment manager said all four major Australian banks have made the ongoing finance of oil and gas sector companies conditional on those companies having climate transition plans in place. "Macquarie's disclosures also do not ...

Net zero more important than energy costs: Economists

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... important goals, and only 36% picked minimising cost." In 2040, they believe the optimal power mix would be 69% renewables, 14% gas, 7% coal, and 5%; currently, coal accounts for 46% of all energy. Independent economist Saul Eslake said while he has ...

Activist investor hires distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... investors. Its latest targets include Southern Cross Media Group, Magellan Financial Group, COG Financial Services and oil and gas explorer Karoon Energy - all now facing pressure from the vocal shareholder. Sandon oversees about $220 million in asse ...

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Retire Big Oil campaign. The campaign asks the US$5 billion ($7.7bn) SAG-Producers Pension Plan to phase out its coal, oil and gas holdings. It notes that while many public and private pension funds the world over have committed to divestment, just 0.2% ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

Australia ranks 13th on gender parity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... overrepresented in healthcare and care services (58.5%) and education (52.9%). They remain underrepresented in infrastructure, oil, gas and mining, and utilities. From an income perspective, at the aggregate level, high-income economies have closed 74.3% ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority, says ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... based on industry feedback are: a new section on climate-related scenario analysis a new section disclosing Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions "There's some challenging parts of the framework so those sections could help small and medium enterprises ...

Macquarie shareholders call for transparency

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... a leader in financing for renewable energy, it is failing to disclose the full extent of its investments in coal, oil and gas. "Shareholders want Macquarie to come clean on its financing of fossil fuel expansion, which undermines the company's climate ...

Sustainability in 2025

VIRGINIE DERUE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... first day back in the White House, he signed an order to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and moved to scrap oil and gas exploration restrictions. But irrespective of the political impulse in Washington DC, we expect resilience to be a critical ...

ART extends exclusions in Socially Conscious option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... exclusions include investing in companies which obtain more than 5% of revenues from thermal coal; metallurgical coal; oil and gas; fossil fuel generation; alcohol; gambling; and adult entertainment. Additionally, any investment that gets any revenue ...