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Norway SWF told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... engagements in relation to 904 companies. It has concluded 85 engagements. Of these, 37% relate to governance, 32% to environmental considerations, and 31% social. It also recently announced it will vote against the $1.5 trillion pay deal proposed for ...

Young people sue Canadian pension giant alleging climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate risk. The plaintiffs, Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Rav ...

Norway wealth fund leans on AI for climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... engagements in relation to 904 companies. It has concluded 85 engagements. Of these, 37% relate to governance, 32% to environmental considerations, and 31% social. Twenty-three percent of all engagements relate to climate, followed by 13% relating to ...

Green moves: JANA, Nxt.Nature

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... JANA's leadership in responsible investment. Finally, Nxt.Nature, a company that connects investment with measurable environmental outcomes, has named Vanessa Gibbons as its first chief executive. Gibbons brings 20 years of commercial, communications ...

Australia, US establish $13bn critical minerals partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... and wind turbines from Chinese rare earth supply. "The Australian government has not adequately planned for the environmental, social and cultural impacts of bringing home production of rare-earth minerals. Significant here is managing radioactive waste ...

NZSF quantifies impact investments for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... NZSF defines impact investments as: "Investments made with the intent to deliver measurable positive social and/or environmental impacts, and the fund's required financial return." The fund uses its Impact Investment Framework to qualify, analyse, measure ...

A new leader emerges in global energy transition

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
As China continues to flourish in renewable energy innovation, the nation may well take pole position amid the transition. Addressing the IGCC Summit 2025 in Sydney on Friday morning, Generation Investment Management founding partner and chair Al Gore ...

Carbon tax a 'missed opportunity': Debelle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Funds SA chair Guy Debelle has told the IGCC Summit 2025 that numerous governments not going ahead with a carbon tax was a "missed opportunity". "The carbon tax wouldn't have been a bad thing to have done, but we lost a few Prime Ministers on the ...

Matt Kean calls for greater private investment in transition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... they should put money on the table to incentivise the states and territories to do planning reform. "There is an environmental imperative to get this done, and now the economic tailwinds are very clear. The cheapest way to deliver energy today is not ...

NAB delivers over $2bn in green finance lending

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... in 2025. The finance option forms a key part of NAB's broader climate strategy, which includes the $80 billion of environmental financing between FY24 and FY30, while supporting the nation's transition to a low-carbon economy. It also supports the heightened ...