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SA Power Networks issues Australia's first taxonomy-aligned green bond

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... has issued its $300 million five-year green bond, marking the first to be fully aligned with the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. SA Power Networks is South Australia's electricity distribution service provider, as the issuance underscores its ...

Federated Hermes launches ESG-led global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... second wholesale fund introduced to the Australian market this year, following the February rollout of its Global Trade Finance Fund. The firm already has a sizeable institutional footprint locally though its stewardship arm, EOS at Federated Hermes ...

Brighter Super invests $225m as part of $500m commitment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... across property, agriculture, infrastructure and high-growth businesses. Speaking at the Queensland Futures Institute Finance Summit, chief executive Kate Farrar said the fund had already committed to $225 million under the strategy, which was launched ...

Shareholders question Macquarie's climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Group shareholders are questioning if the investment giant is still committed to aligning its finances with the goal of net zero by 2050 and if so, how it plans to assess its fossil fuel financing activity for compliance. Shareholders have ...

ESG implications of the US-Iran conflict

LIZ HARRISON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The US-Iran conflict is doing more than lifting oil prices. It is reshaping the environmental, social and governance (ESG) realm through energy security, food inflation, health risks and national preparedness. Echoes of the 1970s: Energy shocks, security ...

Pendal invests to boost social, low-carbon transportation pipelines

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... Corporation's green bond provides exposure to the finances of eligible green investments under MTR's Sustainable Finance Framework, with proceeds expected to support a range of climate-aligned projects, the firm said. This includes major rail ...

Budget criticised for missing key clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... manufacturing," he said. Reacting to the global oil shock sparked by the ongoing Israel-US war on Iran, Chalmers will use Export Finance Australia's $7.5 billion Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility to strengthen longer-term fuel security with the ...

Institutional investors inject $166m into World Bank bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... Cardif's first participation in an outcome bond and contributes to our biodiversity roadmap. It demonstrates how sustainable finance can simultaneously protect ecosystems and empower the communities that depend on them," Bonte said. MetLife Investment ...

Australia's green iron domination window closing: CEF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has called for a speedy execution by the government to position Australia as a leader in decarbonising steel value chains. CEF's report Green Metal Statecraft: Policy, Investment and Technology Trends in the Green Iron Evolution ...

Pension funds urged to account for climate risk in private assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Ortec Finance has urged global pension funds to gauge the physical climate-related risks associated with holding private assets, which are typically less liquid and held for much longer than equities or bonds. "Investments made now into infrastructure ...