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CBA slashes oil and gas financing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... follow suit. Morgan Pickett, a policy analyst at Market Forces said: "Australia's biggest bank has officially ended any new finance for coal whether for power or making steel unless it's proven to be compatible with a safe and liveable climate." ...

The opportunity Australia must embrace: Canbury

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... standard, sustainability consultancy firm Canbury believes the nation has an opportunity to lead the world in sustainable finance. Gathering insights from 39 local financial institutions, Canbury's Meaningful Climate Reporting in Australia report indicates ...

Victoria looks to enshrine work from home rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... as "regulatory overreach," saying the Fair Work Act already includes provisions around working from home. Meantime, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) welcomed the proposal, saying it will help ease the difficulty it faces in bargaining with employers when ...

Octopus awarded $1bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... existing investors in the Octopus platform, including Rest, Hostplus, other international pension funds, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, as well as private banks and wealth managers. Completion of the proposed investment remains subject to the ...

KKR makes $500m investment in Aussie solar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Global investment firm KKR has announced it will invest $500 million to strategically partner with CleanPeak Energy to grow its distributed energy platform. KKR's investment will support CleanPeak in growing and developing a pipeline of distributed ...

Australian Ethical puts Macquarie on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... with that goal. By contrast, the ethical investment manager said all four major Australian banks have made the ongoing finance of oil and gas sector companies conditional on those companies having climate transition plans in place. "Macquarie's disclosures ...

Goldman Sachs appoints real estate MD

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... office of Apollo, Green specialised in Australia & New Zealand commercial real estate. He has also worked at the corporate finance and principal investing arm of Macquarie Principal Finance back in 2018. "Sam brings extensive experience in alternative ...

Consultation on sustainable product labels kicks off

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... initiated a consultation phase on sustainable investment product labelling, releasing a paper aligning to its Sustainable Finance Roadmap. The government is seeking industry-wide feedback on a framework for sustainable investment product labels, which ...

HSBC ditches global climate alliance initiative

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Continuing the mass exodus, HSBC has now made its exit from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). HSBC has withdrawn its position from the NZBA despite saying the initiative "played a role in developing guiding frameworks to help banks establish their ...

Green moves: Perpetual, Accounting for Nature

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... Catherine Bremner has been appointed to the board in recognition of her 25 years of global leadership experience in green finance, policy, and sustainable development. The organisation said Bremner's experience strengthens the board's skills ...