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Insurers grapple with managing physical risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... moderate-to-very high concern about physical risk creating systemic financial risk. In Australia, APRA's CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks provides a prudential framework for managing climate change financial risks. While CPG 229 is non-binding ...

Insurer sued for omitting shareholder proposal on climate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Global insurance giant Chubb is being sued after it opted to exclude a shareholder resolution in relation to climate change from its 2026 proxy ballot. The shareholder proposal was lodged by As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group based in California. ...

Green moves: Airtree Ventures, Westpac

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... Australia's Ocean Decade efforts," a museum spokesperson said The committee is funded by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

Australian boards not prepared for geopolitical conflict, climate change: BDO

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
An expert says Australian boards must act now to prepare for the imminent threats posed by geopolitical conflicts to avoid commercial and compliance risks. According to the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, geoeconomic confrontation ...

Ontario Teachers' targets $72bn in climate-aligned assets by 2030

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... our members, and that includes effectively addressing material long-term opportunities and risks that come with climate change and the energy transition," said Jo Taylor, president and chief executive. "Our climate strategy recognises that the world's ...

Landmark greenwashing case against Santos dismissed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... claims that natural gas is a 'clean fuel' in its 2020 Annual Report, 2020 Investor Day Briefing and 2021 Climate Change Report. It also claimed it could produce 'zero emissions hydrogen' and that it had a 'credible' and 'doable' ...

Green moves: AustralianSuper, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... innovation, unified by a focus on climate solutions. "The common thread is her passion for finding solutions to climate change, and in her new role at the Hub she will apply her expertise to tackling NSW's most complex decarbonisation challenges," ...

Consultation opens to boost clean energy industry

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... an industry that delivers quality jobs, sovereign capability and economic opportunity." Minister for energy and climate change Chris Bowen said the government is working to develop a cleaner, cheaper and more reliable energy system to build the nation's ...

Green moves: Lendlease, Qantas, TNFD

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... Alexandra Banks has joined the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures as a member. Banks, a partner at EY in climate change and sustainability services and EY's global nature leader, focuses on sustainable supply chains and responsible ...

Government unveils Net Zero Fund design

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... investment in Diraq's quantum technology, this government is backing Aussie ingenuity." Meanwhile, minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen said: "This is about getting energy costs down for Australian industry. By lowering the cost of finance ...