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Surge in AI usage, new apps overwhelm energy efficiency: IEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) energy efficiency per individual task is being overshadowed by the surge in the number of users and launch of energy-intensive AI applications, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The ...

QIC invests in ASX-listed miner, becomes majority shareholder

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026  |  NEWS
QIC has committed $15 million via its QIC Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund to ASX-listed QMines to become the largest shareholder of the company. QMines is a Queensland-focused copper and gold development company, owning 100% of the Mount ...

Podcast: Becoming a B Corp - What it takes and why it matters

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
What does it actually mean to become a B Corp, and is it worth the effort? In this episode, UNLESS Financial chief sustainability officer and financial adviser Marissa Theodorou talks us through the journey she and the UNLESS team went through recently ...

NSW government grants $11m to curb carbon pollution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The NSW government is granting $11 million to support low carbon farming and land management projects that aim to cut pollution and support the state's transition to net zero. Nine projects worth more than $6.6 million are already approved and will ...

Australian Ethical bleeds $500m in Q126

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical's funds under management sits at $13.57 billion, dipping by over $500 million since December as investment performance was hit by the conflict in the Middle East. But this was offset in part by the signing of a new institutional client. ...

Court finds NZ Super exclusions policies 'unlawful'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
New Zealand's High Court has ruled against the nation's super fund, finding some of its policies are "unreasonable and unlawful" in regards to how it treats companies accused of human rights breaches. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa ...

Increased tax a move to 'shut down' local oil and gas: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026  |  NEWS
New analysis demonstrates that imposing an additional 25% tax on Australia's oil and gas industry would harm future energy supply and impact the long-term potential for gas to support the decarbonisation process. Wood Mackenzie's Analysis of proposed ...

Green moves: ASFI, U Ethical

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The peak body for sustainable finance in Australia has appointed IFM Investors' Zak May and former Cbus and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) chief executive David Atkin to its board, and reappointed Jeff Brunton and Katharine Tapley. ASFI ...

Gresham House acquires US forestry asset

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House has made an agreement to acquire a majority interest in US-based Molpus Woodlands Group, creating one of the world's largest timberland investment managers with around $11.5 billion of forestry assets ...

CEFC backs Australian Ethical's new fund with $125m

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has launched a new fund for wholesale investors to access institutional grade private markets investments, with a cornerstone commitment of up to $125 million from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CEFC's commitment to ...