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Australia, NZ strengthen partnership for healthy, green economy

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand are strengthening their partnership to focus on achieving net zero emissions while boosting economic opportunities, trade and investment. In Auckland, the third Australia-New Zealand Climate and Finance Dialogue involved discussions ...

Australia emerges as corporate climate leader: MSCI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
In the final week of COP30, MSCI released its latest analysis, revealing Asia Pacific regions are the most closely watched markets for climate action. Despite housing several heavy-emitting industries, Australia has emerged as a corporate climate leader ...

Impact investing reaches $157bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... government support, with almost 90% of investors believing the government could do more to stimulate growth through measures like tax incentives, wholesale funds and capacity-building programs. "We can now confidently say that impact investments are ...

System to track origin of low-emissions products launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... carbon status." The PGO enables access to government incentives like the Hydrogen Headstart program and the Hydrogen Production Tax Incentive. The REGO is expected to act as the successor to the Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme, which phases out ...

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 ...