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Australian Anti-Slavery Commission Office recommends key policy reforms

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Anti-Slavery Commission' Office has released a paper that recommends two key reforms to strengthen the national approach to modern slavery legislation. It wants to see the introduction of a mandatory risk-based modern slavery due diligence ...

Australia needs to ramp up decarbonisation efforts: BloombergNEF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... report forecasts this reduction in emissions domestically and internationally would have profound implications for the Australian economy. Reflecting on the last year, the report acknowledged that the aggressive new emissions reduction target of 62-70% ...

Gender pay gap costs economy $66bn: KPMG Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... pay gap will close by 2094. World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report ranked the economic participation of Australian women at 32 nd place in 2025. This rose significantly from 70 th in the world in 2021. "The gender pay gap in this country ...

Growing disaster costs elevate need for climate adaptation investments: Actuaries Institute

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... requirements into the Net Zero Plan, government funding through co-investment and concessional finance, and extending the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy to include clearer definitions of 'adaptation' to unlock private capital. "Persistent insurance ...

Green moves: Australian Retirement Trust, Pathzero

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust has hired an ESG specialist to lead its UK activities, as climate data platform Pathzero recruits from Aware Super. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a senior ESG specialist from Deutsche Bank to lead its London ...

Polluting companies should pay their fair share: Superpower Institute

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... extract or import fossil fuels that are consumed in Australia, while the Fair Share Levy (FSL) would tax the cashflow of Australian gas producers. According to the Superpower Institute's modelling, the levies would deliver a collective average revenue ...

NRFC makes $75m investment in Alpha HPA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... produces around 70% less emissions than current methods of producing HPA. "The NRFC is delighted to be supporting an Australian company that is commercialising breakthrough IP to create products the world and Australia will increasingly need." Alpha ...

EQT promotes three Australian staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Swedish private equity group EQT has promoted three of its Australian staffers, elevating a partner in its capital raising team and two managing directors within its private capital and infrastructure teams. First, Martin Donnelly joined EQT's client ...

Mercer Super poaches TelstraSuper exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Mercer Super has hired Tim Anderson as chief product and customer engagement officer, reporting to chief executive Claire Ross. Anderson joins TelstraSuper, where he led the customer experience unit covering personal, corporate and retirement services. ...

Super moves: ART, Allianz, HESTA, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust has appointed a 22-year Deutsche Bank veteran to lead its London office, strengthening the superannuation giant's presence in one of its key offshore investment hubs. Michael Weaver, ART's general manager of mid-risk ...