Six insights from London Climate Action Week shaping the future of sustainable finance
CSF recently attended London Climate Action Week to share work on the New Zealand Taxonomy and to gather insights that can help shape the future of sustainable finance here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Across dozens of discussions with financial institutions, policymakers, and the international sustainable finance community, six themes consistently emerged. Watch Andy O’Hare, Head […]
Disentangling climate risk and institutional responsibility.
Financial institutions cannot solve climate change through better risk management, disclosure and reporting. They can only finance what is financeable, and the only response that reduces the underlying climate risk is decarbonisation. This is the central message put forth by Lisa Sachs, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, in her discussion with CSF […]
Preparing for public consultation on the energy sector criteria for the NZ Taxonomy
Public consultation on the draft energy sector criteria for the NZ Taxonomy is planned to open 8 June 2026 and will run for five weeks. Watch the webinar below, which covers the NZ Taxonomy development process, explains the structure of the criteria, and helps ensure you are prepared to respond to the consultation. Consultation is […]
Implications of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Professor Johannes Jäger, Head of the Economics Department at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna, in conversation with CSF Board member Simone Robbers explores what the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) means for international investors. Watch the video and read the summary below. The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) […]
The Effects of Financing Green and Brown Sectors: What Do Theories and Evidence Say?
CSF was pleased to have Dr. Hao Liang deliver the keynote at the December CSF Partners’ Meeting. Dr. Liang is Associate Professor of Finance, Academic Director of the Singapore Green Finance Centre, and Co-Lead of the Sustainable Business Research Peak at Singapore Management University. In July 2025, his report The Effects of Financing Green and […]
COP30 debrief and dialogue
Over 200 people joined our debrief from COP30, in partnership with the Sustainable Business Council, featuring Ambassador Stuart Horne, Professor Sean Kidney, and Belinda Mathers, Chief Scientist at Toitū Envirocare. While reports were mixed about the level of ambition and action, COP30 confirmed the ambition to mobilise $1.3 trillion annually for climate action by 2035, and a tripling of adaptation finance, which is critical for supply chains and risk management. Announcements were also made […]
NZ Taxonomy second public consultation review webinar
The second public consultation on the NZ Taxonomy’s Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) climate change mitigation, and adaptation and resilience criteria ran from 22 September to 17 October 2025. Submissions containing valuable feedback were received from a wide range of stakeholders. This feedback will be used by the Technical Expert Group (TEG) and […]
How the NZ Taxonomy supports the development of the voluntary nature credits market
The New Zealand Government is aiming to unlock private capital flows for climate and nature-based solutions, including through the voluntary nature credits market. The NZ Taxonomy, currently in development, is designed to provide a clear, standardised framework for assessing the environmental performance of economic activities. This will help capital providers mobilise and direct investment towards […]
Keynote: Kristy Graham, CEO, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI)
Kristy Graham, CEO, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), illuminates 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.
Panel discussion on Trans-tasman sustainable finance
Kristy Graham (CEO, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute), Dean Hegarty (Co-CEO, Responsible Investment Association Australasia) and Duncan Paterson (Director, Investor Practice, Investor Group on Climate Change), explore 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.