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Young people sue Canadian pension giant alleging climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate risk. The plaintiffs, Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Rav ...

Norway wealth fund leans on AI for climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to manage its climate risk. Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) released its Climate Action Plan 2030 overnight. In it, the fund said it will make use of AI in ...

Rest gives more to Fidelity climate fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Fidelity reached final close of its Real Estate Logistics Impact Climate Solutions Fund (LOGICs), raising a further $634 million from several institutions including Rest. The total investment capacity of the fund is now $1.2 billion (€710m), all of ...

IGCC launches climate resilience, governance guides

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has released two new guides, Climate Capability for Boards and Beyond Risk to Building Resilience, designed to strengthen corporate governance and climate resilience. Climate Capability for Boards: A Framework ...

Net Zero Banking Alliance shuts down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
A month on from pausing activities amid a member vote, the Net Zero Banking Alliance is ceasing operations altogether. The decision follows the group's annual general meeting on September 29-30, at which members were asked to vote on the preferred future ...

La Caisse to drop $1.1bn on Australia's Edify

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Canadian pension giant La Caisse is buying the Australian renewable energy and battery storage company. Coupled with further equity capital funding, La Caisse will spend a total of about $1.1 billion. This includes funding the acquisition of Edify and ...

Canadian fund manager pinged for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) accused Purpose Investments of greenwashing, saying it overstated how seriously it considered ESG factors for almost four years. Purpose Investments is a Canadian fund manager with about $22 billion in funds under ...

Super SA welcomes chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Super SA recently appointed a permanent chief executive, about a year after the swift exit of Dini Soulio. Tricia Blight took over as chief executive of Super SA in July, appointed by the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance. Blight has ...

Paul Ramsay Foundation hires for impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
The Paul Ramsay Foundation has hired a chief impact officer. Carolyn Curtis, formerly the chief executive of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI), is taking on the role. Curtis has been serving in the role in an acting capacity since ...

CEFC makes record commitment of $3.8bn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made its largest commitment to date, offering up $3.8 billion for the Marinus Link project. Marinus Link is the undersea and underground electricity and data interconnector between North West Tasmania ...