ASFI has taken time to reflect carefully on where the organisation can add the most value in the First Nations and Finance space in 2026.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has appointed Professor Deen Sanders OAM as a Board Advisor and Cultural Governance and First Nations Leadership Advisor.

The appointment reinforces ASFI’s commitment to embedding First Nations leadership, Indigenous Knowledge and economic self- determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within Australia’s financial system.

Over the last year, a Joint Parliamentary Committee has been conducting an inquiry into First Nations self-determination. The Committee’s report was released earlier this month and garnered a strong response from First Nations groups. In this piece we outline ASFI’s analysis of the report and our recommendations for next steps.

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.

Read reflections on the First Nations Clean Energy Symposium from Tiarne Shutt, ASFI’s Program Lead; First Nations and Finance.