Sustainable Finance
Recent progress on climate risk has underlined the opportunity for policymakers and industry to build strategic policy roadmap for sustainable finance in Australia. The special and urgent case for action on climate-related risks is part of a broader challenge: driving better corporate and financial sector support for long-term sustainability across the board. To help meet this challenge, our Climate Horizons research called for government to appoint a Sustainable Finance Taskforce to align Australia’s efforts with major sustainable finance reviews and reforms currently underway around the world. In 2019, CPD continues to work with private sector, public sector and civil society stakeholders as this agenda takes shape, including by ensuring that policymakers and regulators are fully engaged with new opportunities in this area.
Latest Articles
Mandatory Disclosure of Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities: Submission to Treasury
Lachlan Williams - March 2023
Government authorities and large privately-held businesses should ultimately disclose climate risks alongside publicly traded companies to support a swift, just and orderly transition to net zero
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MEDIA RELEASE: Climate risk regime can make Australia part of the solution
Lachlan Williams - December 2022
The announcement of moves towards a clear and uniform taxonomy for climate risk and opportunity for Australian corporate and financial institutions is a vital and necessary step towards an orderly...
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Investing for Australia – Clarifying Climate Risk Expectations for the Future Fund
Lachlan Williams - December 2022
Investing for Australia: Clarifying climate risk expectations for the Future Fund assess the sovereign wealth fund's climate risk response and recommends three steps to put the Future Fund on the...
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RBA Review submission: Equipping the RBA for a dynamic climate risk and transition response
Lachlan Williams - November 2022
The Reserve Bank is governed by a 63-year-old law that requires the RBA Board to contribute to economic prosperity and welfare. It makes sense to update this to account for...
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