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.

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 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.

In the sidelines of the first Global Nature Positive Summit, ASFI jointly hosted together with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and Westpac a roundtable discussion that focused on ways to shift private capital towards nature positive outcomes.

The Global Nature Positive Summit, held in Sydney from 8-10 October, marked a pivotal moment in the intersection of nature conservation and business and finance interests. Read ASFI’s key takeaways from the Summit.

ASFI and Macdoch Foundation’s Farming for the Future have today released first insights from our ‘Valuing Natural Capital’ partnership.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) welcomes the opportunity to provide input and feedback to the Parliament of South Australia Natural Resources Committee’s Inquiry on Environmental, Social & Governance.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) welcomes the opportunity to provide input and feedback on the Australian Government’s plan to progress Nature Positive law reforms.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) and Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) welcome the opportunity to provide input and feedback on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ (TNFD) additional guidance for financial institutions.

Find ASFI’s submission on the Agriculture and Land Sectoral Plan.

After two years of iterative development, on 18 September 2023, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published its final (v1.0) recommendations for nature-related risk management and disclosure. Read our “ASFI explainer” for the final recommendations.

Read ASFI’s submission to the Nature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) welcome the opportunity to provide a joint submission to the TNFD on its fourth and final beta framework.

The Australian Government is developing a nature repair market to encourage investment in biodiversity and drive environmental improvements across Australia. Read ASFI’s submission to the Bill.