ACSI, ASFI and RIAA have responded to the ACCC’s consideration of class exemptions to improve business productivity. We recommend the ACCC consider a sustainability-related class exemption, modelled on the UK approach, to provide clear legal certainty for low-risk cooperation that delivers environmental and productivity benefits.

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.

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.

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).

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.

ASFI in collaboration with the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have prepared this resource setting out the relationship between decarbonisation scenarios, pathways, plans, and the taxonomy.

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.

Today, leading Australian banks and other financial institutions joined with ASFI, the Energy Efficiency Council, and peak property industry bodies to release a Joint Statement urging state, territory and federal governments to act decisively to deliver healthy, comfortable and energy smart homes for Australians.

Read our joint industry statement on the Government’s proposed Safeguard Mechanism reforms.

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.

This joint submission presents the collective views of the 11 professional, industry, investor and research bodies listed below. We consider clear, transparent, comprehensive and comparable disclosure of sustainability related information to be part of the foundation of a well-functioning financial system and welcome the introduction of mandatory climate-related disclosure requirements in Australia.

Today, the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute hosted an event with Australia’s Treasurer, the Hon. Dr Jim Chalmers MP, where he announced the Government’s plans to strengthen climate risk reporting and develop a sustainable finance strategy. In a demonstration of the Treasurer and finance sector’s willingness to work together to enable the finance sector to better support the climate, environment and social objectives of Australia, industry participants at the event issued a Joint Statement on Accelerating Sustainable 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.