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Treasury consults on reducing climate disclosure costs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... transition from limited to reasonable assurance would apply only where data availability and maturity meet a 'defined baseline standard'," Treasury said. "For example, this could involve requiring reasonable assurance for Scope one and Scope two emissions ...

Government builds inaugural council for External Reporting Australia

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... (ERA) which commences operations on 1 December 2026. ERA has been established by new legislation, combining the existing standard-setting functions of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) and ...

Ethical funds get picky as carbon bakes into AI-heavy benchmarks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Ethical investors are being deliberate about their artificial intelligence (AI) exposure in a bid to keep carbon profiles of portfolios in check. Australian Ethical said the $14.5 billion super fund does not take a position on AI as a category and instead ...

NZ Super updates sustainable investment policy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
The Guardians of NZ Super has published an updated set of Sustainable Investment policy documents, using a new standalone framework to describe the policies, standards and procedures that underpin its sustainable investment activities. The update was ...

Macquarie AM pumps $627m into a French solar specialist

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management has provided a €350 million ($627m) financing facility, acting as a sole lender and underwriter to CVE, a French renewable energy producer specialising in solar and biogas. CVE develops, finances, constructs, operates, and ...

Battery boom fuels transition: BloombergNEF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... on track to surpass last year's record. Higher fuel prices, fuel security concerns and the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard were identified as key drivers of demand. BloomerbergNEF said Australia has built significant momentum through record investment ...

Climate Council urges tougher data centre energy rules

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
The Climate Council has welcomed the federal government's commitment to require new large scale data centres to support additional renewable energy but warned the success of the reforms will depend on how quickly the rules are implemented. The comments ...

Data Centres should pay for clean energy: Poll

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Australians overwhelmingly believe data centre operators should be required to fund the renewable energy needed to power their rapidly growing operations, according to new polling commissioned by the Climate Council. The YouGov survey of 1624 Australians ...

Weak sustainability categorisation can institutionalise greenwashing: EDHEC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
As the European Union reforms its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the EDHEC Climate Institute has warned weak or inconsistent standards could institutionalise rather than mitigate misleading sustainability claims. Under the changes ...

Roundtable reflections: Is ESG dead?

BETH GOLDSMITH, CARLOTA GARCIA-MANAS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
"Is ESG dead?" we asked at our recent Responsible Investors (RI) roundtable in May this year. Short answer: no. But the conversation has matured - and climate physical risk is coming of age in methodology and assessment. The real question is: can investors ...
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