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ASX20 shows progress on mental health, but more to be done

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... own talk on the issue. ACSI assessed the ASX20 companies' publicly reported practice against the CCLA Mental Health Benchmark which covers four key pillars: management commitment and policy, governance and management, leadership and innovation, and performance ...

Impact Investing Australia chair to join Future Fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Richard Brandweiner has been named chief investment officer of the nation's sovereign wealth fund. Brandweiner will join Future Fund in July to lead its investment function, replacing Ben Samild. He brings over 20 years' experience in investing ...

Fortescue ups green energy bet to power data centres

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Fortescue will spend $1 billion (US$680m) to develop new green energy infrastructure, in a bid to meet the growing demand for green power from the industry, especially data centres. The mining giant said it will rapidly develop the 200MW Pilbara green ...

Court finds NZ Super exclusions policies 'unlawful'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... the fund's policies are now "materially less clear and specific than previous iterations and there is no practical benchmark for those applying the policy in relation to alleged breaches of human rights standards". Further, the court said NZ Super ...

Podcast: Climate investing enters a new age

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026  |  NEWS
On a recent visit to Sydney, MSCI's global head of sustainability and climate index Sebastien Lieblich sat down with The Greener Way to shed light on how institutional investors, particularly superannuation funds, are changing their approach to ...

ImpactX, Impact Ag show investment case for natural capital

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... where ecological outcomes can vary widely across landscapes, farming systems and management practices. "This sets a new benchmark for how impact in agriculture can be defined, measured and communicated. Rolling this out at scale has the potential to ...

Insurers grapple with managing physical risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
As extreme weather events intensify, global insurers believe that physical risks are increasingly becoming systemic financial risks, as a mixed bag report they can confidently address such risks in their frameworks, the MSCI Institute found. The report ...

Climate divide widens amongst Canadian pension giants: Shift

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... disclosures and continue to back fossil fuel expansion. The annual Canadian Pension Climate Report Card is an independent benchmark for evaluating depth of climate policies for 11 of Canada's largest pension managers. "The gap between climate leaders ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

Green moves: Macquarie AM, RIAA, U Ethical, UNLESS Financial

ELIZABETH FRY, ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
U Ethical has announced its chief executive Matthew Browning will step down in mid-2026. The planned exit is part of a leadership transition the not-for-profit fund manager will undergo in the new year. After joining U Ethical in 2018, Browning tenured ...