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Macquarie AM pumps $627m into a French solar specialist

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... strengthens the Group's financial solidity and gives us the means to continue executing our roadmap with the discipline, high standards, and long-term vision that have guided our development for over sixteen years."

Climate Council urges tougher data centre energy rules

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... all jurisdictions except Queensland and the Northern Territory backed the Commonwealth's plan to legislate national standards requiring new large-scale data centres to underwrite new renewable power supply. The ministers also agreed to develop changes ...

Data Centres should pay for clean energy: Poll

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... create more climate pollution." The polling also found 69% of respondents supported mandatory energy and water efficiency standards for new data centres, while 67% believed the facilities risked placing additional strain on the electricity grid and increasing ...

Weak sustainability categorisation can institutionalise greenwashing: EDHEC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... 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, the EU is moving from ...

Roundtable reflections: Is ESG dead?

BETH GOLDSMITH, CARLOTA GARCIA-MANAS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... reporting and the importance of being more specific, deepening links to financial statements, and assurance. Addressing EU standards, reporting should be bi-lingual and seek alignment (e.g., 'one report to rule them all'). On the upside, the ...

Performance incentives may undermine honesty: Study

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... Menzies said. "This research is especially timely for debates about performance pay, executive incentives, professional standards, compliance culture and trust in institutions." The study builds on Menzies' public lecture at the University of Oxford ...

EU to ease sustainability reporting burden on firms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... reporting standard (ESRS) and a voluntary reporting standard for smaller companies. The commission said the revised standards will reduce administrative burdens for European Union (EU) businesses while maintaining high-quality disclosures. The changes ...

IFRS builds practice statement for nature-related disclosures

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), an independent standard-setting body under IFRS Foundation, is targeting October 2026 to publish its proposals on nature-related disclosure in an exposure draft. The ISSB has been developing the ...

Investment groups form alliance against modern slavery

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... the reform is both "meaningful and pragmatic". The group is advising the government to align with key international standards, such as the United Nations' guiding principles on business and human rights and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...

NZ Super Fund doubles down on sustainability

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... prompted the fund to revise its policy framework, reinforcing the need to better articulate how ethical and sustainability standards are implemented in practice, even as it continues to argue that these considerations remain central to long-term investment ...