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Superannuation a pillar in systemic migrant worker exploitation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The systematic exploitation of migrant workers sustains substantial parts of Australia's economy, according to a new study that calls out superannuation as one hotbed that helps obfuscate underpayment. As part of this, international students alone ...

Australian Ethical pressures QBE over climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical co-filed shareholder resolutions with investment platform SIX, calling on QBE to improve disclosures around how climate change will impact its business. To be voted on at the QBE annual general meeting today, the proposals call on ...

Financial services 'structurally behind' on calculating climate-related risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Although financial services firms have formed "solid" governance structures to acknowledge climate-related risks, the action taken on them tells a very different story, a new analysis shows. Sustainability consultancy ERM has analysed 33 disclosures ...

Podcast: The supply chain bottleneck

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar chats with Vinnay Cchoda, responsible investment manager at BetaShares, about the predicted shortage of some critical minerals in the next couple of decades and how that could force a resetting ...

NZ Super appoints director of sustainable investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
NZ Super Fund has recruited from Cbus for the newly created role. Chris Parks has been named director, sustainable investment at NZ Super Fund. Parks will join from Cbus where he's been working in ESG portfolio integration. He's also previously ...

Supply chain risks hamper net zero ambitions: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
New academic research finds that Australia's supply chains are major detractors to its ability to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The joint study from the University of Adelaide and Flinders University delved into Australia's renewable energy ...

AI push to unlock $278bn construction pipeline

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Australia's environmental approval system is emerging as a critical setback for a $278 billion pipeline of housing and clean energy projects, with new research suggesting artificial intelligence (AI) could play a key role in easing delays. A report ...

Institutional investors inject $166m into World Bank bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The World Bank has priced the $166 million (US$120m) Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond to unlock support for large-scale ecosystem restoration and job creation in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. Maturing in 2040, the bond is the World Bank's longest-dated ...

Australia's green iron domination window closing: CEF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has called for a speedy execution by the government to position Australia as a leader in decarbonising steel value chains. CEF's report Green Metal Statecraft: Policy, Investment and Technology Trends in the Green Iron Evolution ...

AHRC calls for long-overdue Human Rights Act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) president Hugh de Kretser said Australia's human rights are being threatened by polarisation, division, rising racism, climate change, inequality and rapid technological change. He called for a national ...