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GRI appoints chair to sustainability standard-setting board

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has appointed Susanne Stormer as the chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the governance body responsible for setting the GRI standards. Stormer will assume her three-year term with the GSSB ...

Green moves: Commonwealth Bank, Hostplus, Perpetual

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Equality Australia has appointed longtime Perpetual executive Caitriona Fay as board director. Fay is a senior investment and business leader who has spent the last twenty years advising families, individuals and institutions on their philanthropic ...

Bill to curb US pension plans' ESG considerations passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... which looks to curtail use of ESG by pension funds, particularly those governed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The bill was put forth by Congressman Rick Allen, who said the aim was to codify the idea that maximising investment ...

Australia to withstand fossil fuel sector decline: IMF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Australia is in good stead to weather the decline of its fossil fuel industry amid the country intensifying its energy transition initiatives. In the newly released The Economic Implications of the ...

Women remain significantly underrepresented across ASX300: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
A new report found that all signatories to the 40:40 Vision initiative believe that greater gender diversity has benefited workplace culture and business performance, but women remain "significantly" underrepresented in executive leadership teams (ELTs) ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

SEC criticises proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed the oligopolistic nature of the proxy adviser industry and floated the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to upend their stronghold. Brian Daly, the director of the SEC's division ...

CEF calls out Whitehaven Coal over rising emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Whitehaven Coal's growing coal mining operations in Australia are pushing its methane and fuel emissions up, raising concerns over its long-term climate liability, according to a new report. CarbonBridge and Climate Energy Finance (CEF) released the ...

ANZ hit with additional $10m penalty

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
The Federal Court has ordered ANZ to pay $250 million in penalties over a wide range of misconduct and systemic risk failures addressed in September, as the bank continues to work on a remediation plan to rectify those issues. ANZ was ordered to pay ...

System-level climate risks material in every way: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
In partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF), the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) released its report Systems Stewardship: Managing Interconnected Climate Risks for Lasting Value. Drawing on interviews with IGCC members and ...