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Minderoo welcomes The Lancet's plastics initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
The Minderoo Foundation has lauded a new initiative by The Lancet that has elevated the threat of plastics to the same league as climate change. The peer-reviewed medical journal has launched The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics - an independent ...

Australian Ethical lifts investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has increased investment fees and costs for super and pension options, effective August 1. The $8.9 billion super fund said for those invested in the Conservative, Balanced, Growth and High Growth options, the lift in fees and costs ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
The Productivity Commission (PC) has published an interim report setting out key reforms to investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transition. The PC said Australia needs to address the gaps and overlaps in emissions reduction incentives ...

Green bonds: The good, the bad, the opportunities

JOHANN PLE  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Calendar year 2024 was another strong year for green bonds. The sector outperformed the conventional bond market by close to 2% and broke new records of issuance. While issuance is still mainly in EUR, we believe this sets the green bond market up well ...

Octopus awarded $1bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Octopus Australia has announced a partnership with APG Asset Management, a Dutch pension fund investor with assets under management exceeding $1 trillion (€ 590 billion). As part of the partnership, APG intends to commit over $1 billion to Octopus ...

Australia has 'incredible opportunity' to lead in clean energy: UN

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
The Sustainability Reporting Community of Practice (SRCoP) has launched, designed to fast-track Australian business leadership on climate and sustainability reporting. This comes as Australia positions itself to co-host the 31st UN Climate Change Conference ...

Rest awards mandate to Wollemi Capital

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Rest has handed $232 million to specialist climate investment firm Wollemi Capital, which will now launch its first managed vehicle. The invested capital comes from the superannuation fund's Growth Alternative strategy. Rest said the investment ...

Capacity Investment Scheme supercharged for energy transition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced a 25% expansion of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), raising the new capacity target to 40 gigawatts (GW). Addressing the Investor Group on Climate Change at Parliament House on Tuesday ...

Europe remains bullish on ESG funds: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Global sustainable open-end and exchange-traded funds recorded net flows of US$4.9 billion ($7.5bn) in the second quarter of 2025, presenting a notable rebound despite geopolitical and regulatory uncertainties, according to Morningstar. Following record ...

KKR makes $500m investment in Aussie solar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Global investment firm KKR has announced it will invest $500 million to strategically partner with CleanPeak Energy to grow its distributed energy platform. KKR's investment will support CleanPeak in growing and developing a pipeline of distributed ...