A revival at risk?

As we enter the home straight on yet another year, it’s only natural to begin reflecting on what a year it’s been. And what a year it’s been, hey?

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We've seen everything from tariff-induced trade wars to unpredictable datasets that have thrown the most trusted economists off kilter, to seemingly unprecedented numbers of fraudulent investment schemes popping up left and right.

Much of the news cycle has been dominated by the fallout of these fraudulent schemes, with tens of thousands of Australians and their retirement savings put through the wringer.

But in reflecting on the year and all that we’ve covered, there was one theme that stood out for us for a different reason, for having not dominated headlines in some time: sustainability.

At the start of 2025, things were looking very similar to 2024 and much of 2023 on that front. For a few years now, it’s seemed organisations were talking less and less about their ESG credentials. Both for fear of regulators and claims of greenwashing but also, more recently, due to the anti-ESG sentiment emanating from the US.