On 25 September, we hosted the third CSF Partners’ Meeting of 2025.
Thank you to everyone who joined us online and in person at Chapman Tripp. Below are three recordings from the event:
1. Jo Kelly, Chief Executive, CSF, provided an update on CSF’s work to date, and priorities for 2026. Watch here:
2. We heard from Kristy Graham, CEO, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), on the Australian context and drivers for Sustainable Finance, the Australian roadmap, ASFI strategic priorities and work plan including natural capital, taxonomy, blended finance policy and first nations people. Watch here:
3. The panel, featuring Kristy, Dean Hegarty (Co-CEO, Responsible Investment Association Australasia) and Duncan Paterson (Director, Investor Practice, Investor Group on Climate Change), explored investor and lender climate ambition and action across the Tasman, the influence of the political environment on the sustainable finance agenda, and the key asks of Government. Watch here:
Register for our upcoming December Partners’ Meeting to hear from Dr. Hao Liang, co-author of the report The Effects of Financing Green and Brown Sectors: What Do Theories and Evidence Say? which was published in July 2025 in the Asian Economic Policy Review Special Issue on ‘Sustainable Finance and Policies in Asia’.
Dr. Hao Liang will present the findings of the report and discuss where to next. CSF will also provide an update on key workstream progress. Register here.