ASFI's Leadership Working Group has returned for 2024, bringing finance leaders together to exchange and develop strategies for transforming financial institutions so they can effectively deliver on their sustainability commitments.

Earlier this month, Purdie Bowden (Program Lead; Policy and Sustainable Finance Solutions), represented ASFI on the international stage in Singapore. Read her highlights and reflections.

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

ASFI is pleased to launch the first round of public consultation on the development of an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy.

Read ASFI’s submission to the Inquiry into economic self-determination and opportunities for First Nations Australians.

This month, ASFI was on the ground in Indonesia exchanging valuable knowledge on sustainable finance taxonomies with Indonesian Government representatives.

Read reflections on the First Nations Clean Energy Symposium from Tiarne Shutt, ASFI’s Program Lead; First Nations and Finance.

ASFI’s 2024-25 Budget Wrap unpacks the announcements to give you the highlights (roses), lowlights (thorns), and rosebuds (opportunities) for accelerating sustainable finance and investment in Australia and the region.

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.

We commend ASX's efforts to revise its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations to align with evolving corporate responsibility and transparency standards. In response to the proposed reforms, we want to emphasise the importance of elevating First Nations perspectives within the governance framework and disclosure practices outlined in the consultation paper.

On 23 April, our CEO, Kristy Graham appeared before a Senate Committee Inquiry on the Government’s proposed legislation to establish mandatory climate-related reporting for corporates. Kristy reiterated ASFI’s strong support for the legislation, which we see as being a key pillar of the sustainable finance architecture required to provide markets with clear and comparable information on climate-related risks and opportunities.

ASFI welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback in relation to the Australian Government’s consultation paper on design options for the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) Annual Superannuation Performance Test.

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.