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Labor win 'a referendum on renewable energy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Group (CEIG) reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with the government to progress an ambitious clean energy and climate agenda. "Australia has the chance to seize a global leadership role in the clean energy transition - but we must act decisively," ...

Podcast: Banking on the climate transition

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's big five banks - ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Group, NAB and Westpac - have all committed to limiting or cutting financing to fossil fuel projects that they feel are not aligned to achieving a net zero future. This requires a lot of ...

Green moves: Climateworks, Friends of the Earth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... He joins the organisation - that works to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions - from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) where he served as managing director of policy. Jackson has worked at IGCC for the last seven years, connecting ...

ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... relation to specific Greenhouse Gas emissions disclosures. The ISSB provided an exposure draft, suggesting changes to IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures following feedback around challenges in application, namely for financial services organisations. ...

Countdown to RIAA conference is on

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... Africa at Nuveen Natural Capital. With nature and biodiversity touted as the gargantuan sustainability issue alongside climate change, Hermanson will be sharing her insights as part of the largest global farmland asset manager with a significant stake ...

Green moves: AIA, AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... afforestation projects. Finally, a new report from the Australian Business Deans Council has identified critical shortages in climate-aligned skills like carbon reporting, climate risk, and sustainable finance. Accordingly, the Australian Business Deans ...

QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... central borrowing authority for the state of New South Wales in 2022 and spent the last two years chairing social impact and climate investment organisations. These include Ready Growth Grant and the Social Enterprise Development Initiative Capability ...

Green moves: Alphinity, Australian Ethical, Climate Change Authority

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority has welcomed Gretta Stephens as a new member, just one month after her resignation as head of climate change and sustainability at BlueScope. The independent statutory body, set up to advise Canberra, highlighted Stephens' ...

Developing climate risks facing institutional investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Ortec Finance has warned of the climate scenarios that threaten institutional investors in a new report. Ortec said the net zero by 2050 goal is no longer realistic and the physical risk because of rising temperatures and emissions is the most serious ...

Investors continue to dump Climate Active certifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
IFM Investors and Insignia Financial have confirmed their exit from the government's Climate Active scheme. Launched in 2019, Climate Active certifies organisations, products, events and brands as being carbon neutral. IFM Investors was certified ...