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Accounting for Nature granted $250k to develop nature positive labelling program

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... development and enhancement of the program. It comes as the term 'nature positive' is becoming increasingly relevant to global sustainability targets yet NAB said its meaning and application remain challenging. "For producers, businesses and investors ...

KKR splashes $603m on energy transition platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Global private equity firm KKR is injecting $603 million into HMC's Energy Transition Platform, marking its second climate-related investment in Australia. The commitment will last seven years and is expected to generate a 14% p.a. return. It will be ...

Future Group names chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... brings more than two decades of experience in senior leadership roles, including 17 years with Colonial First State, CFS Global Asset Management (now First Sentier Group) and First State Investments. Most recently, he has held a number of independent ...

Investors pressure BP over 'undisciplined' capex decisions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... competitive positioning." ACCR said its own research found BP's gas assets are, on average, more expensive than 76% of global pre-final investment decision (FID) supply, and its pre-FID oil assets are more expensive than 53% of global supply. "This indicates ...

Government unveils Net Zero Fund design

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The federal government outlined the purpose of its new Net Zero Fund, to be operational by the middle of the year. The $5 billion Net Zero Fund was announced last year as part of the Industry Sector Plan and will sit within the National Reconstruction ...

Emerging markets, sustainable equities drive energy transition in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... transition." The report spotlighted China's scale and cost leadership in solar, wind, batteries and electric vehicles is reshaping global adoption patterns, empowering countries to electrify and industrialise more cleanly and affordably. Findings highlighted ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... brings more than two decades of experience in senior leadership roles, including 17 years with Colonial First State, CFS Global Asset Management (now First Sentier Group) and First State Investments. Most recently, he has held a number of independent ...

Aware Super appoints fixed income specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... assets strategy. He brings more than 20 years' experience in asset management, with expertise across Australian and global fixed income, macro markets, derivatives, and portfolio construction and implementation. Scott joins from Australian Ethical ...

Australia needs to ramp up decarbonisation efforts: BloombergNEF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... for domestic deployment. In the first half of last year clean-tech imports fell 5% half-on-half to $7.2 billion due to global trade turmoil, lower solar module spot prices and reduced lithium-ion battery imports. Against this backdrop of geopolitical ...

Gender pay gap costs economy $66bn: KPMG Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... data from the last 20 years to 2024, the report predicts the gender 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 ...