Treasury has released for consultation a Sustainable Finance Roadmap. Background.

The roadmap sets out the Government’s prposals for sustainable finance reforms following the  introduction of its legislation on mandatory disclosure of climate -related financial risks and opportunities.

The roadmap includes funding the completion of Australia’s preliminary sustainable finance taxonomy, developing a labelling regime for investment products marketed as sustainable, and supporting business transition planning for the net zero transformation.

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) will deliver technical screening criteria for six priority sectors, against the objective of climate mitigation. These sectors align with the sector coverage in the Government’s sector decarbonisation plans and includes electricity and energy, industry, built environment, transport, resources, agriculture, and land. The initial taxonomy will also incorporate ‘do no significant harm’ and ‘minimum social safeguard’ criteria.

ASFI will finalise development of the initial Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy by the end
of 2024.

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