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ESG implications of the US-Iran conflict

LIZ HARRISON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The US-Iran conflict is doing more than lifting oil prices. It is reshaping the environmental, social and governance (ESG) realm through energy security, food inflation, health risks and national preparedness. Echoes of the 1970s: Energy shocks, security ...

ASIC flags disclosure flaws in mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has raised concerns over the use of misleading disclaimers, inconsistent climate risk disclosures and unclear reporting assumptions in the first round of mandatory sustainability reports lodged ...

NZ Super 'accepts' court loss, updates policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation (Guardians), the manager of the $90 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund, has confirmed it will not appeal a recent Judicial Review which found two of its policy documents were not formulated in accordance ...

Australian investors prioritising returns over ethics: Data

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Ethical investing has lost significant ground among Australia's self-directed investors with new data from Sharesight pointing to a sharp decline in ESG-focused holdings since 2021. Analysis of the platform's top 250 most traded investments show ESG ...

Housing affordability widening intergenerational equity gap: Study

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The gap between older and younger Australians is headed for record levels due to wealth and housing affordability constraints, new analysis shows. The Actuaries Institute's Cracking the Unsolved Generational Equation report, which provides update on ...

Government gives $11m to support First Nations energy security

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is committing $11 million to support two First Nations-led microgrid projects in the Northern Territory. Both projects aim to help remote communities design and develop their own local energy solutions ...

Podcast: Banking on green loans

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026  |  NEWS
This week on The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar chats with Grace Tam, head of consumer finance at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), on how the Australian government, through the CEFC, is driving record levels of green loan applications. ...

HESTA votes against Santos chief's remuneration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026  |  NEWS
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has issued a statement after the super fund voted against the remuneration plan for Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher. At the Santos annual general meeting, HESTA voted against the remuneration and the grant of ...

Surge in AI usage, new apps overwhelm energy efficiency: IEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) energy efficiency per individual task is being overshadowed by the surge in the number of users and launch of energy-intensive AI applications, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The ...

ACCR appeals Federal Court's Santos decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has enlisted a new law firm to appeal the Federal Court's recent finding that Santos did not engage in greenwashing. In 2021, the ACCR lodged Federal Court proceedings against Santos, claiming ...