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CSIRO launches National Energy Analysis Centre

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The new National Energy Analysis Centre (NEAC) will analyse and model anonymised energy data from households and businesses to provide more information to decision-makers to help steer the transition. The CSIRO says the new research function will support ...

'Staggering' gender perception gap persists: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
A new study reveals that men are generally more optimistic when it comes to gender parity across the professional workplace, despite that data suggests otherwise. According to Robert Walters' latest Women in the Workplace report which surveyed over ...

Financial materiality of nature-related risks now clear: TNFD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
A new paper from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) demonstrates the financial consequences of nature-related risks are already being felt by businesses and the global economy. The report, jointly authored by the University ...

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis. According to its in-house research Carbon in Reverse ...

Australian banks fail to manage financed deforestation: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Latest findings identified mortgages provided by major banks are contributing to deforestation, with just one bank having made a 'No deforestation' commitment. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) conducted analysis of 100 land titles and found ...

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025. The study compiled by Giant Leap ...

HESTA moves risk chief to advisory role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA chief risk officer Andrew Major has moved into a newly created advisory role to work with the fund's investment leadership on strategy. The transition represents a natural evolution for Major, who before joining HESTA's risk division in ...

Rest flags sustainable mandates to soar

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Rest is poised to be one of the largest and most active investors in sustainable investments, with ambitious plans to plough billions of dollars into ESG-led businesses. Chief executive Vicki Doyle presented at an industry conference last week where ...

Conservation initiatives ignore climate risks: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
New research suggests many initiatives to prevent biodiversity loss on private land are ineffective as they typically ignore climate risks. A group of researchers from The University of Queensland, University of New England, and Queensland University ...

EPBC Act reforms urgently needed: Industry groups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A raft of industry groups have called on the government to urgently deliver its reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, which they say is "failing on all fronts." A group of eight industry, community, environment ...