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The rich fuel climate crisis with investments: World Inequality Lab

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... responsibility for public regulators in these countries," the World Inequality Lab suggested. Another recommendation is introducing a tax on the carbon intensity of wealth, which can help redirect capital flows away from high-carbon assets. The report ...

Major financial institutions back Australia climate finance reforms: ASFI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) released a new report, Unlocking Private Capital for the Transition: Market insights from the practical application of the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. The report analyses how practical ...

Grattan urges smart use of Net Zero Fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Grattan Institute has recommended the federal government make smart use of the $5 billion Net Zero Fund, investing the money where it is justified to intervene in policy. In Grattan's submission to the Department of Industry, Science, and Resources ...

ANZ backs Victoria Power Networks' inaugural green bond

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
ANZ Share Investing (ANZ) announced its support for Victoria Power Networks' debut green bond of $750 million across six-and-a-half-years. The funds will support Victoria Power Networks' transition to cleaner energy. The investment marks the first green ...

NZSF quantifies impact investments for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) calculated for the first time that its impact investments amounted to NZ$2.7 billion in the last financial year, which is roughly 3.2% of its total assets. "Our intention is to scale impact investment by embedding ...

How Australia can benefit from the common ground taxonomy

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Although global trade relationships have been highly volatile, Australia can strengthen its ties with China by consolidating its green taxonomy, experts suggest. Speaking at the IGCC Summit 2025 in Sydney on Friday, Institute of Finance and Sustainability ...

Carbon tax a 'missed opportunity': Debelle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Funds SA chair Guy Debelle has told the IGCC Summit 2025 that numerous governments not going ahead with a carbon tax was a "missed opportunity". "The carbon tax wouldn't have been a bad thing to have done, but we lost a few Prime Ministers on the ...

Axing CGT breaks could boost budget by $22.7bn: Oxfam Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
A new report by anti-poverty organisation Oxfam Australia (Oxfam) revealed nearly 50% of the capital gains tax discount went to 24,000 people who earned over $1 million in 2022-2023. Findings indicate that on average, each of these individuals received ...

Former Macquarie chief joins IGCC lineup

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has confirmed that two additional influential speakers will join its impressive lineup ahead of the IGCC Summit 2025, to be held in Sydney on October 16-17. Former Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas ...

New emissions target provides clarity for future sustainable investment

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Last week, the federal government published the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) which set a new, ambitious emissions target and provided a clearer roadmap for investor decision making. Fulfilling calls for a more aggressive emissions target ...