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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 ...

Accelerating green capital: What Australia's first sustainable finance taxonomy means for business

ILONA MILLAR, LILY MORTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
On 17 June 2025, the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), in partnership with the Commonwealth Treasury, released Version 1 of the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy (Taxonomy). The Taxonomy sets out technical criteria across six priority ...

Fortescue, Climate Energy Finance call to reform fossil fuel subsidy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... report from Climate Energy Finance (CEF) found that Australia's largest taxpayer-funded fossil fuel subsidy - the diesel Fuel Tax Credit (FTC) scheme - has led to dependence on imported high-emissions diesel to power mining operations. CEF said the result ...

Climate-related transition planning consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Treasury is seeking feedback on developing voluntary guidance that supports best practices in transition planning to help organisations address climate risks and opportunities. "Accessible, clear, and robust transition plans can help investors and lenders ...

Alliance formed to demand polluters pay their 'fair share'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... responsible for up to three quarters of Australia's climate pollution, take billions in government handouts, and often pay less tax than other sectors. Despite making "mega profits", these corporations don't contribute to the costs of dealing with climate ...

Top Australian CIOs revealed

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Who have been named in the 2025 top 100 global list of chief investment officers? Five Australian super fund chief investment officers made the grade. Chief Investment Officer, the New York-based sister publication of Financial Standard, this month ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia's super system fairer for women and low-income earners. HESTA continues to advocate for an increase to Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO) eligibility to the second marginal tax threshold of $45,000 and lifting the payment amount to ensure ...

Authorities are now accountable for caused climate damage

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... like Woodside, Santos and Chevron are fuelling the climate crisis, making mega-profits and not paying their fair share of tax. All the while, communities in Australia and across the Pacific pay the price," Delaney continued. "The government must make ...

Consultation on sustainable product labels kicks off

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The government has initiated a consultation phase on sustainable investment product labelling, releasing a paper aligning to its Sustainable Finance Roadmap. The government is seeking industry-wide feedback on a framework for sustainable investment ...

UK ditches sustainable finance taxonomy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The UK government has abandoned the Green Taxonomy as it believes it "would not be the most effective tool to deliver the green transition" and should not be part of the sustainable finance framework. "Whilst the government's ambitions to continue as ...