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New Forests beefs up local landscapes fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
... can position investors to benefit from the best use of the landscape, while combining additional revenue streams such as carbon and biodiversity," New Forests global head of investments and managing director, Australia and New Zealand David Shelton said. ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... incentivise heavy vehicle operators to reduce emissions. "Enduring, broad-based market mechanisms are the best way to reduce carbon emissions. More consistent and comprehensive incentives are key to reaching net zero at lowest cost," Sterland said. The ...

Former CBA chief economist joins UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... growth of the bank's sustainable economics research to support customers with insights about the transition to a lower-carbon future. Luke Yeaman was appointed CBA's new chief economist and head of global economic and markets research in December ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... building the Sydney-based ESG advisory and assurance practice, where she advised corporate clients on sustainability strategy, carbon risk, and social impact. Meanwhile, Tom Twinn has been promoted to portfolio manager - balance sheet at Australian Retirement ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... transactions. The use cases will involve a range of asset classes, including fixed income, private markets, trade receivables and carbon credits. Proposed settlement assets for the use cases include stablecoins, bank deposit tokens, and pilot wholesale ...

Instos committed to ESG despite lower advocacy: BNP Paribas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... transition assets (49%), using active ownership to advance their own organisation's ESG goals (47%), and investing in low-carbon assets while divesting from carbon-intensive assets (46%). The survey revealed that investors in the Asia Pacific (APAC) ...

HMC Capital appoints to C-suite

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... energy transition Julia Gillard said the move was an "exciting step" in HMC's ambition to champion Australia's net zero carbon economy by 2050. "The additional financing we have secured will help accelerate the build out of the portfolio's large sale ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... "Most APAC markets have provided implicit fossil-fuel subsidies. Data suggests that they can slow the transition to a lower-carbon economy. For example, the Japanese government has offered gasoline subsidies since 2020. While these subsidies are intended ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... banking giant was recently in the spotlight for being among several lenders to exit the Net Zero Banking Alliance. Ding leads carbon credits and nature-based solutions in APAC for Amazon's Worldwide Sustainability team. She brings over 15 years of ...

Australian Ethical, CEFC pour $30m into climate tech venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... and, aided by deep engagement with corporate partners, the fund will prioritise investing into areas such as gridtech, low carbon fuels, and climate adaptation technologies. Despite volatility coming from US President Donald Trump's administration, CTP ...