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UBS ditches Net-Zero Banking Alliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... offerings that meet their evolving needs," UBS said. "We remain focused on supporting our clients in understanding the impact of climate change in their business models and their investments, including both risks and opportunities. We continue advancing ...

Advancing sustainability through a circular economy

LIZ HARRISON  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
A circular economy is structured so that products are created to be reused, repaired, and recycled, reducing waste and optimising the use of resources. Its goal is to establish a closed-loop system in which materials are circulated and reused, instead ...

Copia, Regnan shutter impact funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Two impact investment funds have been terminated, with both deemed too small to be financially viable. The Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions Fund and the TT Global Environmental Impact Fund have been terminated. Pendal closed both classes of its ...

Metrics hires for newly created role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Metrics Credit Partners has welcomed a head of impact investments, hiring a Mercer veteran. Rebecca Mather has joined Metrics in the newly created role, having previously spent more than 25 years at Mercer. She was most recently Asia Pacific and IMEA ...

ISS STOXX acquires geospatial risk modelling specialist

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... institutions leverage Sust Global's capabilities to understand location-specific risk exposures and quantify financial impact, while providing essential data for risk management, due diligence, regulatory compliance and engagement. Sust Global's geospatial ...

Minderoo welcomes The Lancet's plastics initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... launched The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics - an independent, indicator-based, global monitoring system for the impact of plastics on human health. Minderoo Foundation provided principal funding for the initiative, which was done in collaboration ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... policy priority. The PC said climate-related risks are significant and growing, but boosting resilience can reduce the human impact, while limiting labour productivity losses from heatwaves and the financial costs of disaster recovery. The report called ...

Victoria looks to enshrine work from home rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... development. The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) said the proposed law will disproportionately impact small businesses. "Unlike large corporations with extensive HR departments and flexible workplace policies, small businesses ...

Octopus awarded $1bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... comprehensive review, it chose to partner with Octopus based on its integrated development model and ability to progress shared impact, climate and long-term value creation goals. "Our partnership with Octopus Australia represents a substantial opportunity ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... modelling, which factored in time out of the workforce to care for children and part-time work, demonstrated the significant impact on retirement balances from the higher super guarantee. "The increase in the super guarantee to 12% marked another milestone ...