Our Partners
We work closely with the New Zealand Government through our strategic partnership with the Ministry for the Environment. Â
We are supported by leading financial institutions, service providers and philanthropies. We consult foundational partners annually about our strategic priorities and areas of focus, and we connect frequently at quarterly meetings and other events. Our foundational partners have priority access to CSF projects and Government engagement.
Associate partnership is available to those who are investigating what sustainable finance means to their organisation. Our associate partners have the opportunity to add their perspective and hear from others at our partners’ meetings and contribute to drop-in sessions and relevant working groups.
Eco-system partners are taking forward aspects of the sustainable finance agenda or have been identified as key actors in the 2030 Roadmap. CSF has agreements in place with these organisations to foster structured and efficient system-level collaboration, avoid duplication and support alignment and coordination of efforts and resources across the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand financial systems.
Our principles are drawn from our roadmap, and inform the approach we take to setting our strategic priorities and projects.Â
Many of the Sustainable Finance Roadmap Recommendations may have regulatory components but this should not hold back public and private sector leaders from making voluntary changes and challenging others to do the same.
The SSF Recommendations are targeted at a whole-of-system change. These recommendations do not simply rely on ‘adding environmental and social’ factors into existing legislation, norms and frameworks. When implementing these recommendations, key parties should start from first principles and reconsider the status-quo.
Shareholders are critical to capitalism; without their risk capital, organisations could not operate. We see a sustainable financial system as one where impacts (plant, people and profit) are afforded equal importance.
The Roadmap priority areas and subsequent recommendations are interconnected. Although the Roadmap identifies four higher priority actions, as has been shown internationally, action is necessary across all priority areas to drive the transformation (e.g. responsibility, governance).
New Zealand is not starting from scratch. The international policy landscape for sustainable finance has largely been set. Many of the Sustainable Finance Forum recommendations have domestic or international precedents and we can learn from these examples.
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Read more about the Centre for Sustainable Finance.
Grounded in the Sustainable Finance Form’s 2030 Roadmap for Action.
Learn more about our Board and Executive Team.
Our work would not be possible without the support of our partners.
Financing sustainable growth in Aotearoa New Zealand.
A classification system for sustainable economic activities.
Accelerating financing solutions for affordable, abundant clean energy.
Guidance for SMEs to start sustainability reporting.
Promoting better options for KiwiSavers.
