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- AustralianSuper criticised for buying up shares in Whitehaven Coal while claiming to be committed to net zero Tue, 24 Jun 25, 1:00amSuper fund, on the brink of becoming Whitehaven’s biggest shareholder, says company’s acquisition of metallurgical coal assets made it a more attractive investment
- Thank US voters: Australian pension funds are backing away from climate pledges too Thu, 30 Jan 25, 6:18amNet Zero Dreams in ruins. By Jo Nova We’ve reached the flipping point downunder The money is leaving the room. Australian pension funds manage assets of around $4.1 trillion, and until last week, many of them had Net...
- Slow transition to renewables puts Australia at risk of losing ‘attractive’ investment, super funds warn Fri, 1 Dec 23, 1:00amA new report argues that $12bn a year on average between now and 2050 will be required to transition to renewable energy
- Industry super funds warn slow transition to net zero puts Australia at risk of losing ‘attractive’ investments Fri, 1 Dec 23, 1:00amA new report argues that $12bn a year on average between now and 2050 will be required to transition to renewable energy
- Billions of Dollars of Aussie Retirement Funds to be Gambled on Britain’s Failing Net Zero Push Mon, 27 Nov 23, 5:00pmBetting retirement funds on the honesty, consistency and fiduciary skill of Nut Zero obsessed politicians - what could possibly go wrong?
- Australian super fund puts billions into backing Britain’s energy transition Mon, 27 Nov 23, 9:30amBusiness and environmental groups urge Labor to supercharge incentives to lure capital
- Foreign investment bankers *Really* want Australia to meet Net Zero Targets Sat, 4 Nov 23, 6:42amBy Jo Nova Shh! The Monster Banker Funds are secretly saving the World By sheer coincidence the same day the Australian Treasurer said we’d have to pump up the subsidies on climate targets, a group of largely foreign...
- Giant Australian retirement funds are being corporate Climate Bullies with your money Mon, 25 Sep 23, 5:33pmBy Jo Nova Unguarded Big-Money works like acid against democracy Just like everywhere in the West, the money Australian’s earn may be quietly used against them to push policies they don’t want...
- Asic sues Mercer Super for allegedly ‘greenwashing’ fossil fuel and gambling investments Tue, 28 Feb 23, 1:49pmCorporate regulator claims the company misled members in a fund that promoted its sustainable credentials
- Greg Combet on super funds investing in housing and renewables Sat, 10 Dec 22, 1:00amWith superannuation assets of Australians totalling over $3tn, political editor Katharine Murphy talks to former Labor minister and trade unionist Greg Combet about how super funds can work with the government to address...
- I changed my banking and super out of climate anxiety. Was it a smart financial decision? | Jessica Hamilton Tue, 2 Feb 21, 3:30amOne year ago Jessica Hamilton divested from fossil fuels. Here’s what she has learned since
- Bill McKibben: 'There’s clearly money to be made from sun and wind' Tue, 1 May 18, 8:12amEnvironmental campaigner and founder of 350.org says the financial sector has picked up on the future of energy much quicker than politicians • Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
- Clean energy financier invests $150m in infrastructure fund to lower emissions Thu, 12 Apr 18, 4:00amMove by CEFC designed to drive emissions reductions across Australia’s airports, ports and electricity infrastructure assets
- Thousands lost from retirement savings in fossil fuel investments – report Wed, 10 Feb 16, 6:32amMarket Forces report finds members of 15 Australian super funds lost an average of $1,109 per member in fossil fuel investments over two years
- 'We can't go on as we are': why sustainability is the big issue of our time Tue, 1 Dec 15, 12:17pmGuardian Sustainable Business launches in Australia today. We’ve asked a group of leading experts to advise us on our work in this field, and here some of them explain what sustainability means to them, and why everybody...