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Shareholders question Macquarie's climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Group shareholders are questioning if the investment giant is still committed to aligning its finances with the goal of net zero by 2050 and if so, how it plans to assess its fossil fuel financing activity for compliance. Shareholders have ...

Budget criticised for missing key clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... from volatile regions," Hutley said. At a critical moment in Australia's energy transition, Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) executive director of policy Frankie Muskovic said this budget presents some very mixed messages to investors. The ...

Future Group accelerates energy transition goals with fresh mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... its energy transition effort, while seeking exclusive opportunities outside the Australian market. ETIF supports climate change mitigation by investing in infrastructure businesses and assets key to the energy transition globally, providing local institutional ...

Australian Ethical pressures QBE over climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... co-filed shareholder 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 ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... conversation tabled in the boardroom. Now companies have publicly acknowledged the financial risks associated with climate change, the next step is to build a strategy to remain profitable in world that is decarbonising and physically changing, and back ...

AHRC calls for long-overdue Human Rights Act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... president Hugh de Kretser said Australia's human rights are being threatened by polarisation, division, rising racism, climate change, inequality and rapid technological change. He called for a national Human Rights Act which will give people the power ...

Greenpeace settles Woodside lawsuit

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... to achieve a decrease in net emissions. Woodside has since changed how it represents its strategy to response to climate change, which includes the removal of the 'net zero by 2050 or sooner' banner in July 2025 from its website. Greenpeace Australia ...

Pension funds urged to account for climate risk in private assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... national GDP, debt-to-GDP ratios, insurability and ultimately interest rates. "In our view, the adverse impact of climate change on global GDP, levels of insurability and ultimately the ability of governments to plug the funding gap through sovereign ...

NSW government grants $11m to curb carbon pollution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... and will begin soon. The remaining grant recipients will be announced in the coming months. NSW's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) said the projects will make farms healthier and more productive, grow more trees ...

IGCC outlines policy priorities to 2030

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has set out its policy priorities for 2026 to 2030, outlining where investors see the most compelling opportunities to unlock capital and strengthen Australia's economic resilience. The priorities were developed ...
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