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Australian Ethical puts Macquarie on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... net zero transition by 2050, it has not disclosed whether or how it assesses the alignment of its ongoing lending to fossil fuel companies and projects with that goal. By contrast, the ethical investment manager said all four major Australian banks have ...

Australian Ethical returns 10.5% to MySuper members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... values. "It's pleasing to see that our fund performance has been positively impacted by our limited exposure to fossil fuel companies. As pioneers of Australia's ethical investing movement, we go further to ensure our members' retirement ...

Pendal, Regnan funds expand controversial weapons exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Pendal has updated the exclusions for three sustainable funds, evolving its stance on controversial weapons. The Pendal Sustainable International Share Fund, Pendal Sustainable Conservative Fund, and the Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions Fund now ...

Australia has green fuel potential: Superpower Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australia has potential to be a major player in producing green shipping fuel, according to The Superpower Institute. The institute's chair Rod Sims spoke of the urgency for Australia to make a move in becoming a supplier of green energy intensive exports ...

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... through market mechanisms, government policies, and corporate decisions, Emmi said. Companies that thrive through fossil fuel demand will face "accelerated stranded asset risks" as the growth phase ends. Investment strategies now need to account for ...

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... 207 signatures have been collected. The SAG-Producers Pension Plan currently invests about US$100 million ($154m) in fossil fuel companies, the letter states. The campaign is calling on the fund to divest from fossil fuel companies, including those involved ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... fossil-fuel production or consumption, while implicit subsidies arise from under-pricing the negative externalities of fossil fuel use or from forgone tax revenues. "Most APAC markets have provided implicit fossil-fuel subsidies. Data suggests that they ...

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... across the Asia Pacific "to correct the persistent global market failure of unpriced emissions" in the production of fossil fuel-intensive commodities required to achieve net zero. CEF director and the report's co-author Tim Buckley said: "The lead up ...

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield. Robeco's fifth Global ...

Australia must address climate adaptation finance gap: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Australia currently suffers from a lack of investment in adapting to a renewable and climate-resilient future, according to experts, who graded the nation's efforts and transition plan as somewhat of a mixed bag. At the annual Responsible Investment ...