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APRA told to reign in super system's financed emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... prudential standards or legislation which would help create a consistent benchmark for funds. A second report by Conexus, Climate-related investment activity by superannuation funds, states that super funds currently face no compulsion, or meaningful ...

IGCC 2025 Climate Leaders named

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has announced the winners of its annual Climate Leaders' Awards for 2025. The awards were presented at the IGCC Annual Climate Finance and Investment Summit. The potential recipients are nominated by IGCC ...

Boards face limitations in managing climate risks

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
At the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Summit 2025, Queensland Investment Corporation's (QIC) ESG and general manager Alison Ewings said that "climate change is a risk in its own right" and "a threat multiplier." But there are limitations ...

Private investment is the key to the green economic transition

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
At the recent Investment Group for Climate Change (IGCC) Annual Summit conference for 2025, Equip Super's head of responsible investment Jessie Pettigrew moderated a panel that discussed the sustainable investment opportunities in areas of regional ...

Carbon tax a 'missed opportunity': Debelle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... back of that one," Debelle said. "A carbon tax is, from an economic point of view, the most efficient way to align [with climate goals]." Debelle said one of the main impediments for encouraging large-scale investment into opportunities that would benefit ...

We prefer to solve problems than divest from them: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... HESTA head of portfolio management Jeff Brunton told the IGGC Summit 2025 that the super fund is focused on trying to fix climate related investment problems instead of shying away from them. "We go with the super impact approach, which for us means ...

Matt Kean calls for greater private investment in transition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean has called for more private market investment in the nation's energy transition at the IGCC Summit 2025. "Getting money out the door is the first thing. This is going to be a huge challenge, and we're going ...

UniSuper reduces its fossil fuel exposure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
UniSuper reduced its fossil fuel investments to 1.8% in FY25, down from 2.4% the previous year. In its annual climate report, the super fund said it achieved this by decreasing exposure to oil and gas pipeline revenue through the sell-down of APA Group ...

Pathzero launches new capability for climate risk data platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Pathzero has expanded its climate risk data platform for private markets. It has launched a new capability that allows investors to collect location-level data on the operations and assets within their portfolios. This new function paves the way for ...

Green moves: Carbon Markets Institute, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... Carbon Markets Institute has named Sasha Courville as its new chief executive Courville brings extensive experience in climate action and sustainability leadership to her new role. She was the inaugural chief impact officer with Bank Australia, where ...