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) welcomes the publication of the Government’s National Adaptation Plan Issues Paper, alongside the first pass National Climate Risk Assessment.

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.

The past year has seen some of the fastest momentum in the development of sustainable finance. This Annual Report highlights the focus ASFI has put into capitalising on this moment of opportunity, and the success we have achieved in working together with our members and other partners to advance our mission.

ASFI welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Indigenous Procurement Policy consultation review.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Australian Accounting Standards Board’s exposure draft climate disclosure standards.

Find ASFI’s submission to the Australian Government’s First Nations Clean Energy Strategy consultation paper.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Exposure Draft of the Climate-related financial disclosure legislation.

Over the past year, ASFI has continued to establish and strengthen partnerships across the financial system to drive the ambition and change needed to achieve our collective sustainability goals, and today we are delighted to share our annual strategy and business plan for 2024.

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

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.

Read ASFI’s submission to the Government’s Sustainable Finance Strategy Consultation.

ASFI has today published two methodology papers as we take a further step towards the development of Australia’s sustainable finance taxonomy.

ASFI in partnership with Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) have today released a practical guide to help demystify sustainable finance and its application for the real estate and finance sectors.

On 2 November 2023, the Australian Treasury released its much-anticipated Sustainable Finance Strategy Consultation Paper. This follows the commitment by the Australian Treasurer in December 2022 to develop an ‘ambitious and coordinated’ sustainable finance strategy in 2023.

On 24 October 2023, at a sold-out summit, over 350 attendees from across finance, business, government, civil society, and academia came together to unpack this year’s theme; ‘driving ambition: Australia’s time to lead’.

ASFI is delighted to launch our 2023 Australian Sustainable Finance Progress Tracker. This is our third annual report on progress towards implementing the Australian Sustainable Finance Roadmap.

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.

Last week the Government released its Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040. The strategy identifies opportunities to strengthen Australia’s ties with countries in our region to advance mutual prosperity and security. It sets out 75 recommendations, many of which aim to enable greater levels of Australian investment into the region.

ASFI contributed to a joint submission to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) on proposed priorities for its next two-year work plan together with 15 peak professional, industry and investors bodies in Australia.