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Super moves: PE exec quits Future Fund for ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Grants Commission, and sits on the boards of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Industry Innovation and Science Australia, and the Powerhouse museum group. Scott also serves on the Director Nomination Committee of IFM Investors. A former ...

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... divestment, just 0.2% of current commitments are from cultural institutions. This includes from the Australian Academy of Science. There are currently about 65,000 members in the SAG-AFTRA fund, however the union represents more than 160,000 workers. ...

Australian banks fail to manage financed deforestation: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... seize the opportunities - associated with their impacts and dependence on nature," van Herwaarden added. "By taking bold, science-aligned action now, Australian banks can help halt deforestation, protect biodiversity and lead the transition to a more ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... transition plans, 92% are reporting on Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Over the last two years, the number of companies using science-based targets initiative (SBTI) has also risen from 31% to 38%. Across the 837 companies analysed in the region, those committed ...

Australia's $800bn food industry has highest hidden costs per capita

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has released its inaugural report on the $800 billion Australian food industry, highlighting the importance of identifying and measuring "hidden costs" to ensure sustainability. In its Towards a state of the ...

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... leadership demonstrated in its CBAM, accelerating the global race to decarbonise in alignment with the immutable climate science." Green Energy Statecraft Project director Elizabeth Thurbon commented the recommendations in the report address the fundamental ...

EPBC Act reforms urgently needed: Industry groups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Conservation (EPBC) Act, which they say is "failing on all fronts." A group of eight industry, community, environment, union and science bodies want to see the long-awaited reforms to the EPBC Act prioritised by the government as the growing impacts ...

Green moves: Aware Super, BlackRock, Taylor Fry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... active stewardship activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... active stewardship activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital ...

Labor win 'a referendum on renewable energy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... did not respond to "Trumpist" policies, which it said the Coalition was pushing, labelling the party "anti-nature, anti-science and divisive". "Australians are voting for climate and nature protection in overwhelming numbers. This also shows that while ...