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Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical's superannuation chief Ross Piper has departed the fund and will shortly take up a new role as global chief executive of the Fred Hollows Foundation. Piper confirmed his departure, saying he finished at the $13 billion fund before ...

Warakirri adds NSW citrus orchard to ag fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management acquired a citrus orchard via its Diversified Agriculture Fund, marking the strategy's first investment in New South Wales. The orchard, located in the Riverina, is spread across 160 hectares and features several citrus ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's government-owned green bank received $3.5 billion in the six months to December 2024 - just over one transaction per week, bringing total transaction value to $71.5 billion. In its latest bi-annual update, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Kar Mei Tang, who was Australia's first chief circular economist, has been promoted to regional head of the UN-supported investor network on ESG. Previously head of Oceania, Sydney-based Tang is now the regional head of Oceania and Asia, excluding China ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The global ethics watchdog has issued fresh directives on judging green claims, with the minutiae still in flux in Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related ...

Podcast: Net zero infrastructure, data centres and renewable integration with David Scaysbrook

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
With energy efficiency highlighted as a global priority at COP29, asset managers are faced with a big task: to align their strategies to meet new international standards. Joining us today is David Scaysbrook, co-founder and managing partner of Quinbrook ...

Coalition's anti-ESG stance sparks investor backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The Coalition's widely reported threats to force banks to downweigh ESG considerations could create significant implications for ethical investment managers and superannuation funds. The Coalition leader said he intends to stop banks from blocking or ...

Trump Paris exit "bad news" for rest of world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... states. "What is more likely at risk are certain tax credits with Trump having more control over how they are treated." Australia set on DEI A US DEI rollback will be in front of mind for company boards, however Australian companies are likely to still ...

Quinbrook closes $722m debt financing for batteries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Specialist investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has closed debt financing for what is believed to be the largest battery storage financing in Australia to date. Financing for the Supernode project in Queensland was provided by Bank of ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian billionaires earn $67,000 an hour, according to a new report from Oxfam, which is 1300 times more than what everyday workers make. The 47 billionaires based in Australia saw their wealth rise by more than 8% or $28 billion last year, the ...