Climate, energy and resources
The first investment of Macquarie's latest renewable energy fund is a key step in the bank's complicated strategy to make its asset management business a green investment powerhouse.
Three of the five largest Australian corporate lenders now have policies restricting lending to new oil and gas projects. But a close analysis of their targets reveals plenty of loopholes they can still exploit.
Woodside is under attack for its lack of climate ambition and its refusal to acknowledge a finite future for fossil fuels. Investors are ramping up the pressure but chair Richard Goyder has been fighting back.
After his SunCable renewable energy venture was tipped into administration and bought out amid an acrimonious billionaire fallout, co-founder Fraser Thompson is still thinking big with new startup Cyan Ventures.
Australian companies are likely to be among those hit with stringent new sustainability reporting rules which come into effect in the European Union in less than eight months.
Net zero experts have welcomed the government's green manufacturing push but are urging it to be realistic about which industries can feasibly be brought onshore.
Greg Combet's appointment as Future Fund chair has sparked speculation about the sovereign wealth manager's future direction. With a few mandate tweaks, it could play a more hands-on role in the net zero transition.
