Australia’s climate policy framework has evolved rapidly, and is starting to form a system that gives financial institutions the clarity and confidence to back the transition. Our latest paper, How elements of Australia’s climate architecture combine to enable private capital flows for climate mitigation, maps how the key components fit together.

ASFI has responded to Treasury’s Draft Transition Planning Guidance, supporting clear and internationally aligned standards to help businesses develop credible transition plans. Our submission calls for stronger principles, clarity on government direction, use of the Australian taxonomy, funding disclosure, robust First Nations engagement, and clear guardrails on carbon credits.

ASFI’s submission highlights the importance of clear, Paris-aligned guidance for credible transition planning, recommending stronger safeguards on taxonomies and capital expenditure alignment to ensure finance supports genuine decarbonisation.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is the first in the world to cover the mining sector, and now ASFI is once again breaking new ground, after being engaged to explore science-based methods for developing draft taxonomy nature criteria for agriculture, forestry and land management – sectors critical to biodiversity, water, pollution management and national resilience.

ASFI has responded to the Climate Change Authority’s 2025 Issues Paper, emphasising the link between climate change and productivity, the need for strong policy signals to unlock investment in mitigation and adaptation, and the role of supportive regulatory settings. Our submission highlights reforms to drive decarbonisation, resilience, and capital flows towards Australia’s net zero transition.

ASFI has lodged its submission to Treasury’s consultation on Sustainable Investment Product Labels. We support a flexible, credible framework that improves transparency, reduces greenwashing, and aligns with international approaches. The submission sets out three core principles; flexibility, integrity and international alignment, to strengthen consumer trust and grow Australia’s sustainable finance market.

Developed with Farming for Future and informed by collaborative engagement with the NCAG as part of the VNC program, this report shares final insights from the program, highlights key barriers to progress and outlines a proposed way forward to embed natural capital into mainstream financial decision-making.

The Australian sustainable finance taxonomy provides a common language for green and transition finance in Australia, supporting the allocation of capital towards activities that enable Australia’s net zero ambitions.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Productivity Commission’s consultation on ‘Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation.’

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Australian Accounting Standards Board’s exposure draft of proposed amendments to the S2 standard.

Last year, ASFI released a pilot Sustainable Finance Capability Framework to help guide finance professionals and organisations to develop the skills, knowledge, and mindsets to advance sustainable finance. We’re pleased to share an updated version of the pilot Framework, incorporating valuable feedback from stakeholders across the sector.

ASFI is pleased to publish our policy platform, outlining our priorities for the 48th Parliament consistent with our mission to realign the financial system for sustainability, resilience and inclusivity.

ASFI is pleased to release a new report from Kaya Partners, Maximising Australia’s green growth: Leveraging trade and aid policy to drive Australia’s green exports agenda, setting out how Australia can work with our trade partners to jointly transition our heavy industries into a net zero world.

The past year has marked a period of significant progress for sustainable finance in Australia. Through collaborative effort and strategic action, we are beginning to see ambition translate into tangible outcomes, laying the foundation for a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive financial system. This Annual Report highlights these successes in 2024, achieved in partnership with our members and partners.

Today, business and finance groups have come together to endorse Australia’s continued bipartisan commitment to the Paris Agreement goals and call for all levels of government to continue to support Australia’s transition to a clean, competitive, resilient and prosperous net zero economy.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Action Plan 2025-2027 (‘Action Plan’) sharpens focus on 26 priority actions across 8 key domains for a financial system that supports a prosperous and inclusive economy, and a better future for all Australians. 

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the TNFD’s discussion paper on nature transition plans. Nature loss poses considerable systemic and organisational risks to financial institutions. In this regard, we welcome the focus from the TNFD on nature transition plans, including the recommendations that organisations seek to move towards integrated transition plans (covering a range of sustainability issues) in time.

ASFI has made a submission to ASIC’s consultation paper on its proposed regulatory guidance for sustainability reporting.

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.

On November 4, the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) convened an event with FinDev Canada, Export Finance Australia (EFA), and leading Australian financing institutions. The goal? To explore how public-private partnerships can unlock investment for the climate transition in Southeast Asia.