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Roundtable reflections: Is ESG dead?

BETH GOLDSMITH, CARLOTA GARCIA-MANAS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... be overstated, is the importance of explicit client mandates. Clear intentionality must be matched with appropriate incentives, particularly when it comes to stewardship and advocacy. Without this alignment, expectations on value-added risk remain under-recognised ...

Performance incentives may undermine honesty: Study

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... trust and professional integrity may, in some cases, deliver better organisational outcomes than performance-bases incentives. Published in the Journal of Business Ethics, the paper by UTS associate professor Gordon Menzies and professor Isa Hafalir ...

World Bank drops climate financing target under US pressure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... the treasury Scott Bessent noted earlier in the year that climate finance targets impede market efficiency, distorts incentives, and detracts the World Bank from its core mission of reducing poverty and increasing economic growth. "We welcome the coming ...

HESTA says ethical screens partly to blame for 'disappointing' ESG returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... at scale to climate-aligned opportunities. Treasury is currently consulting reforms to address benchmarking-hugging incentives encouraged by the superannuation performance test. Treasury acknowledged the industry's concerns super funds are constraining ...

Institutional appetite outstrips climate investment opportunities: IGCC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... earlier-stage innovation and climate tech. Treasury is currently consulting reforms to address benchmarking-hugging incentives encouraged by the superannuation performance test. Treasury acknowledged the industry's concerns super funds are constraining ...

ARENA mandated to deliver $1.1bn cleaner fuel program

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... build Australia's resilience to fuel shocks", Miller said. The Cleaner Fuels Program will provide production-linked incentives over 10 years and target support toward LCLF projects that are likely to reach production soon. Simultaneously, ARENA has also ...

Budget criticised for missing key clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... manufacturers bolster supply chains, with $1 billion in interest free loans through the National Reconstruction Fund and incentives to get more freight moving on trains and ships," he said. "Targeted support for electric vehicles, building more charging ...

Australian Ethical pressures QBE over climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... the safeguards in place to ensure the insurer's leadership team acts in the company's best interests where potential incentives or conflicts of interest arise from other board or director roles they might hold. This relates to QBE's policy for insuring ...

Institutional investors inject $166m into World Bank bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... innovative outcome bond structure, which meaningfully de-risks important ecosystem restoration projects by aligning incentives and securing commitments from a credible offtaker." BNP Paribas Cardif global chief investment officer Matthieu Bonte said ...

Net Zero Asset Owners names co-chairs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... that respects diverse economic and regulatory environments, and introduced asset manager engagement & KPIs reinforce incentives for proactive asset manager engagement. It also introduced a new "transition target" category enabling strategic investment ...
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