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Green moves: ART, Koda Capital, Melbourne Climate Futures

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... organisations representing over US$30 trillion in assets for more than a decade, advancing a more sustainable financial system across Australia and New Zealand. O'Connor currently serves as non-executive director of Bank Australia, one of Australia's ...

Climate finance groups call for stronger regulations

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
More than 50 global climate finance groups have issued a joint statement to global financial system regulators and supervisors. The letter pushes for stronger regulations to rule out new fossil fuels. Significant players among the 50 are Market Forces ...

Climate-related transition planning consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Finance Roadmap, which is split across three stages: improving transparency on climate and sustainability; financial system capabilities; and government leadership and engagement. Transition planning guidance, under Priority 3, will provide ...

New chief executive takes IFPA helm

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... mission: to provide accessible, practical support and a strong voice for the professionals who keep Australia's financial system running, and to foster a professional community that supports them at every stage of their career."

Green moves: Perpetual, Accounting for Nature

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Perpetual Wealth Management has recruited a manager to help support the business's responsible investment products and policies. Rachel Phillips brings years of experience in sustainability practices, working most recently with JP Morgan Asset Management ...

'Surreal', 'difficult' times for sustainable investors: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... plain vanilla reports [for example] on what shareholder proposals are and why they are extremely important to the financial system," Lettini said. There is also a "real, unfortunate" threat to clean and renewable energy. "If the current budget passes ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority, says ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The country's financial services regulator unveils its three-pronged approach as sustainability reporting becomes a mandatory requirement for small to large Australian businesses - but it was its passing update on greenwashing as an enforcement ...

Developing climate risks facing institutional investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... physical risk because of rising temperatures and emissions is the most serious threat to asset performance and the financial system. "Following the warmest year on record, the Paris Climate agreement target of limiting global temperature rises to 1.5°C ...

Australian Ethical sees path through anti-ESG push

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... position to positively influence on systemic issues - these are issues that can impact the stability of the broader financial system. "But we think that concern about the returns from ethical investing may not be something to worry about. And, when there ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian billionaires earn $67,000 an hour, according to a new report from Oxfam, which is 1300 times more than what everyday workers make. The 47 billionaires based in Australia saw their wealth rise by more than 8% or $28 billion last year, the ...