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Government builds inaugural council for External Reporting Australia

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
The government is building the inaugural governing council for External Reporting Australia (ERA) which commences operations on 1 December 2026. ERA has been established by new legislation, combining the existing standard-setting functions of the Australian ...

Ethical funds get picky as carbon bakes into AI-heavy benchmarks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Ethical investors are being deliberate about their artificial intelligence (AI) exposure in a bid to keep carbon profiles of portfolios in check. Australian Ethical said the $14.5 billion super fund does not take a position on AI as a category and instead ...

IFM welcomes demand-side push for low carbon liquid fuels

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... government's push to establish a demand-side framework to increase the supply of low carbon liquid fuels (LCLF) in Australia. The government consultation paper, Securing Australia's Cleaner Fuels Industry Consultation Paper, recognises that alongside ...

Next gen infra is transforming the energy transition: Partners Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... spaces, involving wind utility, solar, and battery energy storage system (BESS), Kuys said. In particular, Kuys said Australia provides an abundance of opportunity for infrastructure like data centres and renewable energy assets, where Partners Group ...

Equal Pay Day highlights lifetime cost of gender super gap

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Equal Pay Day is highlighting the long-term impact of Australia's gender pay gap, with Australian Retirement Trust (ART) warning lower earnings compound into significant shortfalls in retirement savings. Equal Pay Day fell on August 17 this year, marking ...

Nanuk lands AustralianSuper investment heavyweight

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Nanuk Asset Management adds serious firepower to its investment team when it appointed Oliver Johnson, formerly at AustralianSuper, as portfolio manager early this month. Prior to the announcement, Johnson was a senior portfolio manager at AustralianSuper ...

IGCC urges Safeguard Mechanism reforms ahead of review

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... to pursue on-site emissions reductions. The Safeguard Mechanism is the government's policy for reducing emissions at Australia's largest industrial facilities by setting legislated limits - called baselines - on the greenhouse gas emissions of these ...

Podcast: Leading the battery storage race

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... closer attention to the sector? ✅ Answer: According to Sonia Teitel, co-managing director of renewables at Octopus Australia, batteries are becoming a critical part of Australia's energy transition because they help solve one of the biggest challenges ...

Perennial expands resources investment universe

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... Partners has launched the Perennial Global Resources Trust, expanding its resources investment capability from just Australia into global markets following the closure of its Perennial Strategic Natural Resources Trust to new investors. The new trust ...

Judgment reveals Fiducian's greenwashing brush-off: 'ESG is still a fad'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
Fiducian Investment Management Services (FIMS) executive chair Conrad Burge shrugged off greenwashing concerns raised by a member of the team in 2021, replying that "ESG is still fad that will in time implode from its own irrationalities". The Diversified ...