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Green moves: Australian Retirement Trust, Pathzero

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust has hired an ESG specialist to lead its UK activities, as climate data platform Pathzero recruits from Aware Super. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a senior ESG specialist from Deutsche Bank to lead its London ...

Climate divide widens amongst Canadian pension giants: Shift

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The latest research by Shift has shown a widening divide among Canada's largest pension funds on climate strategy, with some ramping up investments in climate solutions while others scale back disclosures and continue to back fossil fuel expansion. ...

Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance to wind up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance (NZFSPA) is disbanding, saying its participants will instead pursue activities independently. The NZFSPA's members include stock exchanges, research and data providers, index providers and auditors. ...

First Nations people face financial exclusion, significant barriers: AFCA

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
After receiving 2461 complaints from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the 2025 financial year, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) found the disproportionate difficulty First Nations peoples face when accessing financial ...

Avetta Partners develops new social responsibility risks tool

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Avetta Partners, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, has launched the Avetta ESG Social Desktop Audit on the Avetta One platform to provide a digital assessment to identify, manage, and mitigate social responsibility risks in supply chains. The ...

ACSI releases updated Governance Guidelines

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released the 12 th edition of its Governance Guidelines. The document outlined the updated expectations of long-term investors on material governance and sustainability issues at listed companies. ...

Women remain significantly underrepresented across ASX300: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
A new report found that all signatories to the 40:40 Vision initiative believe that greater gender diversity has benefited workplace culture and business performance, but women remain "significantly" underrepresented in executive leadership teams (ELTs) ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

System-level climate risks material in every way: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... barriers sit outside of company boundaries. Of the participants that responded, 90% engage in alliances such as Climate Action (CA) 10+. The paper found that policy advocacy focussing on climate policy, sustainability disclosures and sectoral transition ...

Virescent Ventures backs fire prevention technology

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Dedicated climate technology investor Virescent Ventures has announced it is the Australian partner in a $50 million funding round for Melbourne-based IND Technology. Co-led by US-based energy sector specialists Angeleno Group and Energy Impact Partners ...