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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 ...

Housing affordability widening intergenerational equity gap: Study

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The gap between older and younger Australians is headed for record levels due to wealth and housing affordability constraints, new analysis shows. The Actuaries Institute's Cracking the Unsolved Generational Equation report, which provides update on ...

Fortescue ups green energy bet to power data centres

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... meet one of the fastest growing source of demand in the world." The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBC) gives Fortescue an ACT (assessing low-carbon transition) core rating of "C" - inconsequential planning. The score indicates Fortescue meets conditions ...

Greenpeace settles Woodside lawsuit

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has settled a lawsuit against ASX-listed Woodside Energy over alleged misrepresentation of its emission reductions targets. Greenpeace filed the lawsuit in December 2023, alleging the fossil fuel giant had misrepresented ...

Pension funds urged to account for climate risk in private assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Ortec Finance has urged global pension funds to gauge the physical climate-related risks associated with holding private assets, which are typically less liquid and held for much longer than equities or bonds. "Investments made now into infrastructure ...

Future Group calls for 25% gas export levy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Future Group has called on the Australian government to introduce a broad-based 25% gas export levy. Modelling by consulting firm Arthur D. Litter (ADL), commissioned by Future Group, found the 25% tax could generate up to $17 billion in the first year ...

Surge in AI usage, new apps overwhelm energy efficiency: IEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) energy efficiency per individual task is being overshadowed by the surge in the number of users and launch of energy-intensive AI applications, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The ...

Court finds NZ Super exclusions policies 'unlawful'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... judgment released this morning, the High Court found: "The Guardians' policies fail to meet the basic requirements of the Act (New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001) so far as exclusion from the fund for alleged breach of human ...