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Australia catching up with world on sustainable finance

Australia catching up with world on sustainable finance

An independent progress tracker shows Australia is no longer a laggard on sustainable finance as it rapidly catches up with consumer and investor expectations.

Getting under the world's skin with Aussie 'cosmedics'

Getting under the world's skin with Aussie 'cosmedics'

Getting under the world's skin with Aussie 'cosmedics'

Getting under the world's skin with Aussie 'cosmedics'

The brains behind an emerging beauty empire has become the first woman founder in the Australian Business Growth Fund investment portfolio.

Heat on climate, gender at companies' annual meetings

Heat on climate, gender at companies' annual meetings

Heat on climate, gender at companies' annual meetings

Heat on climate, gender at companies' annual meetings

The annual general meeting season is expected to kick off with a focus on sustainability, remuneration for bosses and votes against all-male boards.

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Equity fund on stand-by to put federal billions to work

Equity fund on stand-by to put federal billions to work

The promised $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has had its first board meeting but could be years away from writing its first cheque without expert help.

Scrutiny adds to headwinds for sustainable investment

Scrutiny adds to headwinds for sustainable investment

Sustainability considerations are being hardwired into financial market law and Australian fund managers will need to lift their game, an expert report finds.

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Net-zero tsar Greg Combet has put Australia on a post-war footing for the massive task of decarbonising the economy but business leaders are more realistic.

Biggest super fund 'engaged' with Woodside over climate

Biggest super fund 'engaged' with Woodside over climate

A leading investor rejects allegations of "greenwashing" over its support for three Woodside Energy directors, including resources stalwart Ian Macfarlane.

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Need for 'fair dinkum' emission plans, climate literacy

Need for 'fair dinkum' emission plans, climate literacy

Need for 'fair dinkum' emission plans, climate literacy

Need for 'fair dinkum' emission plans, climate literacy

Scrutiny on businesses using carbon credits to meet declared climate commitments is bringing pressure for more ambitious plans to cut emissions.

Founder draws on seeds of change with hemp construction

Founder draws on seeds of change with hemp construction

Founder draws on seeds of change with hemp construction

Founder draws on seeds of change with hemp construction

At a processing mill in northern Tasmania, a women-only start-up with bold expansion plans is using an unlikely material to shake up the construction sector.

Greens tag low investor appetite for building new homes

Greens tag low investor appetite for building new homes

Greens tag low investor appetite for building new homes

Greens tag low investor appetite for building new homes

New analysis shows the majority of housing investment is pumped into existing dwellings, sparking calls for rental reform with new supply stalling.

Foreign ownership of agricultural land takes a slide

Foreign ownership of agricultural land takes a slide

Foreign ownership of agricultural land takes a slide

Foreign ownership of agricultural land takes a slide

The latest figures on foreign ownership show a lessening of overseas interests holding agricultural land in Australia.

Future Fund posts six per cent return, grows to $206b

Future Fund posts six per cent return, grows to $206b

Future Fund posts six per cent return, grows to $206b

Future Fund posts six per cent return, grows to $206b

The Future Fund stood at a record $206.1 billion as of June 30 after posting a six per cent annual return.

Global meeting of minds in Sydney for nature summit

Global meeting of minds in Sydney for nature summit

Global meeting of minds in Sydney for nature summit

Global meeting of minds in Sydney for nature summit

Sydney will host a global nature summit, offering business, science and political leaders a chance to put their heads together to supercharge funding.

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Australian companies face mandatory climate reporting as consumers and investors demand information they can trust and action to prevent even higher costs.

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Startups graduate from the lab as tech funder tops $1b

A deep technology funder that brings Aussie startups to life has achieved a $1 billion investment milestone with "mylk", cyber and infinitely recycled plastic.

Carbon, clean energy needs underpin Aust-Singapore ties

An investor forum in Singapore is examining ways to support global climate ambitions, sustainable development and a pipeline of Australian renewable energy.

Call for energy investors to make most of 'golden age'

Energy investors have been urged to take advantage of Australia's golden age in climate policy, with "crazy, science-denying" naysayers waiting in the wings.

WA joins AAA-rated club, despite carbon transition risk

A ratings agency has bumped the state of Western Australia to AAA and expects it to remain resilient to external shocks, helped by energy transition minerals.

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Call to cut emissions by almost three-quarters by 2035

A jet fuel emissions trading scheme for domestic airlines and a new regime for heavy vehicles could help slash emissions more than 70 per cent by 2035.

ANZ leads big four on climate-aligned banking: report

ANZ is in front as Australia's "big four" move toward more responsible banking as part of a push for net-zero lending and investments by 2050, a report shows.

Green bank invests $50 million to cut farming emissions

Taxpayers will bankroll an agriculture investment vehicle to encourage low-emission production technologies and carbon storage across Australian farmland.

Green bonds to fund car-charging network, clean energy

State governments are leading the way for Australian green bonds with the latest issuance to fund an electric car charging network, wind farms and rebates.

Macquarie Bank not so green with billions dipped in oil

To align investments with global climate promises, Macquarie Group will need to increase green investments and dump billions staked on new oil and gas.

Regulator comes clean with carbon credit data release

Carbon credit data has been released by the federal regulator to restore confidence in the market integrity of one of Australia's key emission reduction tools.

Climate changing for financing fossil fuel expansion

Santos and Woodside Energy are on a shortlist of firms that may find finance for expansion more elusive as the investor climate strike extends beyond coal.

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