Major banks back sustainable finance reforms to safeguard Australia’s economy from climate risks and unlock capital

Financial institutions join a growing push to expand the sustainable finance taxonomy beyond green bond use, to unlock global investment in Australian sustainable projects.

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Foundations laid to expand sustainable financing to nature

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has today released Integrating Nature into Finance, a new research report commissioned by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) with strategic support from the Treasury and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF).

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ASFI Welcomes ACCC Authorisation to Advance Sustainable Finance Collaboration 

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) welcomes the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) authorisation of aspects of its work, supporting collaborative action across the finance sector to unlock private capital for Australia’s climate transition and other critical sustainability and social objectives. 

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ASFI charts path to green trade and investment

Today, the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) is setting a new course for Australia’s trade – one that pivots national exports towards green commodities, while deepening Australia’s economic and strategic relationships with partners across the Indo-Pacific.

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First Nations Projects Group and Australian Sustainable Finance Institute to establish community led First Nations peak body

First Nations Projects Group (FNPG) and The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) have today announced a partnership to incubate a peak body that will provide support to First Nations groups in developing partnerships with industry and government on major projects where there are shared interests.

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ASFI and CSF welcome Australia and New Zealand cooperation to support sustainable finance flows in the Asia-Pacific

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) and its partner organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand, The Centre for Sustainable Finance: Toitū Tahua (CSF), welcome renewed commitment from Australian and New Zealand Ministers to work together on sustainable finance approaches in Australia and New Zealand, and in international fora.

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15 Peak Industry Groups Support Mandatory Disclosures

15 of Australia’s most influential organisations representing business, finance and both retail and institutional investors and shareholders have come together to support the passage of Schedule 4 of the Federal Government’s Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Climate reporting Bill).

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Real estate and finance sectors must collaborate to meet Australia’s climate goals

ASFI in partnership with Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) have today released a practical guide to help demystify sustainable finance and its application for the real estate and finance sectors.

The first-of-its-kind guide aims to support greater adoption of sustainable finance mechanisms in the Australian property market - unlocking the enormous environmental and investment opportunities available.

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Release of the Sustainable Finance Strategy Consultation Paper

On 2 November 2023, the Australian Treasury released its much-anticipated Sustainable Finance Strategy Consultation Paper. This follows the commitment by the Australian Treasurer in December 2022 to develop an ‘ambitious and coordinated’ sustainable finance strategy in 2023.

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