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Government invests $26m on low-emissions iron production

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026  |  NEWS
The government is funding up to $26 million on technology that could turn Australian iron ore into lower-emissions iron using renewable energy. Through the Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund, administered by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency ...

ARENA backs aviation fuel project

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed up to $32 million in conditional funding to support a project that aims to convert forestry byproducts into sustainable aviation fuel ( SAF ), as Australia looks to establish a domestic low-carbon ...

CEFC, Aviva Investors partner to afforest Tasmanian wetlands

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... asset for the platform is a 21,745 hectare property in northern Tasmania Rushy Lagoon, a site designated under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention). CEFC said this will create local jobs and inject significant ...

Australian government backs EV battery manufacturing

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
The government's Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has backed commercialisation of Australian EV batteries producer under the Future Made in Australia agenda. The batteries aim to increase charging speeds up to 40% and battery density by 20% ...

Broad exclusions in defence investing don't work anymore: Experts

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
The Future Fund confirmed it has not reviewed its exclusions framework in defence investments recently, the Senate Committee heard in late May. Senator Barbara Pocock was questioning if the Future Fund has conducted analysis of its framework on the ...

Values take a backseat to performance: Morningstar

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
A panel session on product labelling quickly broadened into a candid discussion on weapons exclusions, member demands and the challenge of running sustainable portfolios in a tense geopolitical climate. On the second day of the RIAA Conference yesterday ...

UniSuper changes weapons threshold on sustainable option

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
UniSuper is introducing new measures when screening out companies with revenue assoicated with weaponries. Effective July 1, the super fund's negative screens will allow the portion of reported revenue a company may derive from conventional weapons ...

Investors pressure BP over 'undisciplined' capex decisions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
BP is facing a shareholder resolution from several international pension funds and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) in relation to its investment decisions. The ACCR has co-filed a shareholder resolution alongside Nest, London ...

US exits major climate groups, sustainability initiatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... Degradation in Developing Countries, UN Energy, UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Oceans, UN Water, and many others. "These withdrawals will end American taxpayer funding and involvement ...

ISSB to introduce new disclosure requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... trillion in assets under management (AUM). The TNFD welcomed the ISSB's target to have an exposure draft ready by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in October 2026. The TNFD said it looks forward to continuing to support the technical ...
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