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IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... competition policy to better support business dynamism, innovation, and investment." Chalmers also noted that the IMF said the net zero transformation is a golden opportunity for investment and productivity in Australia. "We've made substantial progress ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... issues, and the impact they may have not only on returns, but also how world leaders may influence the transition to net zero. "I would love to think geopolitical tensions will disappear miraculously, but I'm not sure they will. But more importantly ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... investment in carbon emissions by 2050 when that was not the super fund's plan. Instead, HESTA's target was to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050 which ASIC said is different to removing all investments ...

Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... a commitment to remove all investments in carbon emissions by 2050. In reality, the fund had set a target to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... Investments, including that it has breached disclosure obligations by failing to disclose a rationale for reversing its net zero commitment, which it did this year, and failing to disclose its investment-level risk assessments for fossil fuel investments ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... the global economy. Yeaman said there is a "massive" investment task ahead as the world works towards the transition to net zero, with the world yet to figure out how to deliver new energy systems and redesign industrial, business and household processes. ...

Rest injects more into $1.2bn Fidelity climate fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... a climate impact framework that ensures each asset is renovated to improve energy efficiency and develop a pathway to net zero. Its assets are all in Europe, where the vast majority of buildings are more than two decades old. The fund so far holds a ...

Tim Unger to depart ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... research and reporting within ART's sustainability investment team, with a focus on helping to implement the fund's net zero portfolio commitments. Unger is widely regarded as one of Australia's leading voices in sustainable investing, bringing ...

ART invests $1bn in Macquarie fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... risk to shareholders. In July, Australian Ethical said despite Macquarie's public commitments to support an orderly net zero transition by 2050, it has not disclosed whether or how it assesses the alignment of its ongoing lending to fossil fuel companies ...

Aware Super invests in $1bn venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... of new battery storage capacity nationwide. Aware Super said the contribution will be vital for the UK's transition to net zero, while the partnership cements Aware as a key UK infrastructure investor. Eelpower Energy will concentrate on battery storage ...