Our Partners

Partnering with experts across the financial system

Government partners

We work closely with the New Zealand Government through our strategic partnership with the Ministry for the Environment.  

Foundational partners

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 partners

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.

Project partners

CSF project groups are scoped and established to galvanise sustainable finance approaches at a project level. These are bespoke and structured according to the work required. They may include governance, steering and technical advisory functions. Project partners contribute skills and expertise to CSF projects and events. 

Mission-aligned Partners

The Centre collaborates closely with values-aligned organisations advancing sustainable finance.

Learn more about Our Approach

Our shared principles

Our principles are drawn from our roadmap, and inform the approach we take to setting our strategic priorities and projects. 

Leadership

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.

Systems change

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.

From shareholder to stakeholder capitalism

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.

Interconnectedness and timely action

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).

Learning from others

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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