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Minderoo backs UNSW research on impact investing

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Minderdoo Foundation, in partnership with UBS and UNSW, will launch a $1 million UNSW Business School research initiative to help direct investment capital towards affordable housing, climate resilience, and inclusive economic growth. Minderoo is backed ...

Federated Hermes launches ESG-led global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... integration through a proprietary framework incorporating stewardship insights from Federation Hermes's EOS engagement business. The launch marks Federated Hermes' second wholesale fund introduced to the Australian market this year, following the February ...

ISS STOXX Sustainability names new APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
ISS STOXX strengthens its sustainability business in APAC with the appointment of a new regional head. Julia Leske has been promoted to head of sustainability business, APAC, which is a newly-created role reporting to the group's global head of ...

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

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Brighter Super has committed almost half of its planned $500 million in the Queensland Investment Strategy (QIS), two years into a five-year program aimed at increasing local investment across property, agriculture, infrastructure and high-growth businesses. ...

ASIC flags disclosure flaws in mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... to the December 2025 reporting period, including 34 from listed entities and 225 from unlisted groups. Mining related business construction and manufacturing firms, financial services groups, oil and gas companies and energy providers accounted for the ...

Budget criticised for missing key clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
With Treasury pledging a whopping $14.8 billion to boost fuel security amid the Middle East crisis, the 2026 Budget has been criticised or missing key opportunities to progress the clean energy transition. Treasurer Jim Chalmers' Strengthening Australia's ...

Future Group accelerates energy transition goals with fresh mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Future Group has invested an undisclosed sum in I Squared Capital's Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund (ETIF) to fast-track its energy transition effort, while seeking exclusive opportunities outside the Australian market. ETIF supports climate change ...

Australian Ethical pressures QBE over climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... resolutions with investment platform SIX, calling on QBE to improve disclosures around how climate change will impact its business. To be voted on at the QBE annual general meeting today, the proposals call on QBE to immediately disclose how much of ...

Wesfarmers partners for affordable housing venture

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... to address that using internationally proven construction models, delivering high quality properties," Scott said. The business will operate independently, with former Lendlease executive Dale Connor appointed chief executive to oversee its rollout an ...

Financial services 'structurally behind' on calculating climate-related risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Although financial services firms have formed "solid" governance structures to acknowledge climate-related risks, the action taken on them tells a very different story, a new analysis shows. Sustainability consultancy ERM has analysed 33 disclosures ...