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Avetta Partners develops new social responsibility risks tool

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Avetta Partners, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, has launched the Avetta ESG Social Desktop Audit on the Avetta One platform to provide a digital assessment to identify, manage, and mitigate social responsibility risks in supply chains. The ...

Productivity Commission pushing for a circular economy

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
A recent inquiry by the Productivity Commission (PC) revealed Australia is discarding valuable materials and leaving recoverable resources untapped while generating significant amounts of waste, saying a national adoption of a circular economy is the ...

Investments for solar, wind projects 'sporadic' in 2025: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Despite "record" government support, investment in large-scale renewables has been sporadic in Australia, and previous peaks are unlikely to be replicated, a new report found. According to BloombergNEF's (BNEF) Australia: 10 Things to Watch in 2026 ...

Oxfam calls for increased taxes on ultra-wealthy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The average Australian billionaires' wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the past year, or over $10.5 billion collectively, Oxfam research found. Globally, billionaire wealth jumped by over 16% in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year ...

Bill to curb US pension plans' ESG considerations passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The US House of Representatives has passed the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act, limiting certain pension funds from considering environmental, social and governance factors in their investment decision making. The House voted ...

Instos win big on Australian steel

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are backing Australian-owned steel producer BlueScope after it sensationally turned down a $13.2 billion takeover offer. AustralianSuper increased its holding in BlueScope Steel to 13.5% after SGH and Steel Dynamics launched ...

Schroders recruits head of ETFs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Schroders has appointed its first global head of exchange-traded funds to further supercharge the business after hitting over US$1 billion in active ETF assets. Tom Stephens will lead Schroders' global ETF strategy across products, infrastructure ...

Australia to withstand fossil fuel sector decline: IMF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Australia is in good stead to weather the decline of its fossil fuel industry amid the country intensifying its energy transition initiatives. In the newly released The Economic Implications of the ...

Women remain significantly underrepresented across ASX300: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
A new report found that all signatories to the 40:40 Vision initiative believe that greater gender diversity has benefited workplace culture and business performance, but women remain "significantly" underrepresented in executive leadership teams (ELTs) ...

ESG adding value to private equity investments: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Despite the current mixed sentiment toward environmental, social, and governance (ESG) in some areas, a new report demonstrates how it can add value to private investments when executed correctly. British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) ...