This submission collectively represents the voice of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia, the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) and the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). We consider clear, transparent, comprehensive and comparable disclosure of sustainability-related information to be part of the foundation of a well-functioning global financial system.

ASFI is pleased to have supported research led by the Conexus Institute together with FTSE Russell and the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia into the impact of the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute welcomes this opportunity to contribute perspectives to the Government’s Review of Development Finance.

ASFI, together with 19 other peak professional, industry and investor bodies in Australia, recently came together to submit a joint response to the proposed ISSB standards on sustainability and climate reporting.

The peak bodies look forward to working with the Australian Government and key national and international stakeholders as the climate change reporting regime is finalised and phase in.’

ASFI has released the Australian Sustainable Finance Roadmap – a plan for aligning Australia’s financial system with a sustainable, resilient and prosperous future for all Australians.

ASFI has made a submission to the Federal Government’s Development of the Technology Investment Roadmap, which encourages the Government to consider mechanisms to support investment and financing of transformative technologies that are consistent with the strengths of the financial services sector.