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Australian investors to struggle to meet 2035 climate targets: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... consumption in 2034. Alternatively, the report acknowledges that accelerated plant closures, stricter mining approvals and divestment by major miners all indicate a decline in the consumption of coal. Solidified by the continuation of renewable expansion ...

Vision Super sells down G8 Education holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... G8 Education on the back of the allegations. In notifying the member of the decision to divest, the fund noted: "Our divestment framework requires that we reassess decisions where the circumstances that led us to divest change, so the board will look ...

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... coal, oil and gas holdings. It notes that while many public and private pension funds the world over have committed to divestment, just 0.2% of current commitments are from cultural institutions. This includes from the Australian Academy of Science. ...

Cbus divests renewable asset

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Cbus and CVC DIF - the infrastructure strategy of global private markets manager CVC - have agreed to the sale of 1 GW portfolio of Australian renewable energy assets to Potentia Energy for an unknown sum. The geographically and technologically diverse ...

Most popular podcast episodes of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... model each dollar of capital attracts just over five dollars of additional private capital to projects. Listen here. 4. Divestment, impact, and that good stuff with Future Super's Sharon Davis This super fund has no coal, oil and gas holdings, and ...

Podcast: Responsible investing in the context of conflict with Estelle Parker

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... materiality thresholds impact decision-making, and the call from super members for greater transparency - and even divestment from - weapons and defence-related holdings. Stream all episodes of The Greener Way here.

World Bank exit policy gets thumbs up from local experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... sentiments. Redress must be the focus - and exit the last resort: "remediation should be the goal," Alembakis said. "Divestment is the last option, where we see no response from the company, unsatisfactory progress after exhausting other options, or ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... group's housing development in Sydney that risked the safety of a koala colony in the area. "We don't take divestment lightly. It is our last resort, and it is a valuable and necessary part of our advocacy process," Australian Ethical said at ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... framework considers voting against director elections, supporting or filing shareholder resolutions, and considering divestment where HESTA deems there's inadequate progress in addressing risks. Blakey said, however, that the MinRes board has a critical ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires impact PMs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust has added two impact investors to its sustainable investments team - one from Save the Children and the other from Brightlight Group. Both Julianne Wilkin and Charles Liu - who joined as senior portfolio manager and portfolio ...