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Australia could gain $190bn windfall as Trump snubs net zero

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... moving - and fast - on the clean energy transformation. "In 2025, global renewables investment is double that of fossil fuels with countries investing trillions of dollars. Yet the US, under Trump, has made the dumbfounding choice to head in the opposite ...

Australian Ethical puts Macquarie on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... transparency and is asking for Macquarie to disclose in dollar terms how much of its total business is exposed to fossil fuels. "Without this disclosure, Macquarie's shareholders have no way to identify and price Macquarie's climate-related financial ...

Pendal, Regnan funds expand controversial weapons exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... and adds to the list of exclusions already in place, including tobacco production and extraction or exploration for fossil fuels. The funds also don't invest in companies that derive 10% or more of revenues from things like the production of alcoholic ...

Australia has green fuel potential: Superpower Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... "We would not have a problem in making the energy transition if green products were cheaper than those produced by fossil fuels. But for the moment they are not. Governments have, however, largely uniformly said that fossil fuels are doing serious harm ...

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... 200 actors have signed an open letter to the trustees of the SAG-Producers Pension Plan asking it to divest from fossil fuels and redirect the assets into responsible investments. Members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television ...

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... into to the climate crisis and support global emissions reduction goals. Critically, it will shift investment from fossil fuels into clean energy and the production of 'green' industrial commodities," CEF said. Energy Minister Chris Bowen recently flagged ...

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield. Robeco's fifth Global Climate Investing Survey of 300 investors ...

Australia must address climate adaptation finance gap: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... [of electricity consumption to be generated by renewable energy by 2030] and that "we should give up" and "stick to fossil fuels". Buckley slammed this as nonsense. "We are going to get there, but we have to go faster, and then we've got to get even ...

Macquarie shareholders call for transparency

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
More than 180 shareholders are calling on Macquarie Group to disclose the full extent of its financing for fossil fuels and outline how it will ensure alignment with its climate commitments. The Macquarie shareholders, along with Market Forces, filed ...

Landmark greenwashing case against Energy Australia comes to an end

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... could opt-in to have Energy Australia buy carbon credits on their behalf at no extra cost to "offset" the use of fossil fuels in producing energy. The action was originally filed in 2023 by Parents for Climate. It marked the first time a local energy ...