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ACCR appeals Federal Court's Santos decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has enlisted a new law firm to appeal the Federal Court's recent finding that Santos did not engage in greenwashing. In 2021, the ACCR lodged Federal Court proceedings against Santos, claiming ...

Podcast: Climate disclosure reports - what's the verdict?

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
This week on The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar speaks with Mary Stewart of ERM about Australia's new mandatory climate disclosure regime introduced in 2024 and what the first wave of calendar-year reports, due next month, means for investors ...

Sovereign climate fund plans rejected by Swiss public

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
A proposal to introduce a dedicated climate fund was voted down in a referendum by the people of Switzerland recently. About 70.7% of voters rejected the proposal, put forward by the Swiss Green Party and Social Democrats on March 9, to create a sovereign ...

Podcast: Fixing the gender pay gap

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Gender pay gaps in financial services: What WGEA's new targets mean for employers & investors In this episode of The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar talks with Mary Wooldridge, CEO of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), about why gender ...

Green moves: RIAA, Westpac

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has appointed a co-chair to its human rights working group. Ashley Kopczynski, director of sustainable investment and stewardship at IFM Investors, will serve alongside Antonia Parkes, senior ...

Insurers grapple with managing physical risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
As extreme weather events intensify, global insurers believe that physical risks are increasingly becoming systemic financial risks, as a mixed bag report they can confidently address such risks in their frameworks, the MSCI Institute found. The report ...

New Forests acquires macadamia portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
New Forests' Australia New Zealand Landscapes and Forestry Fund (ANZLAFF) has acquired a portfolio of high-quality macadamia orchards and land aggregation located in the Bundaberg region of Queensland. The 636-hectare portfolio, to be named Bunya Orchards ...

Podcast: RIAA Conference - Protecting First Nations heritage

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Indigenous Cultural Heritage Protection: Investor Risk, Responsibility & First Nations-Led Governance | The Greener Way This week on The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar speaks with Kado Muir, chair of the National Native Title Council ahead of the ...

NZ Super continues to build investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
New Zealand's $93 billion sovereign wealth fund is continuing to build up its investment team as it charts a path to double its assets over the next decade. New Zealand Super - led by former Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend (pictured) - has ...

Perpetual names interim investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Perpetual's wealth management arm has appointed a new investment lead ahead of an anticipated sale of the business to buyout firm Bain Capital. David Blunt, who is head of growth assets, has been named acting chief investment officer, taking over ...