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Australian financial institutions to pilot sustainable finance taxonomy
17 June 2025The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has published the Australian sustainable finance taxonomy covering "green and transition" activities - including those in minerals, mining and metals - which will now be tested by some of the country's largest financial institutions.
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Australian green bond framework includes biodiversity, climate adaptation
08 December 2023The Australian sovereign green bond framework has included climate adaptation and nature projects among its eligible activities alongside the more familiar climate mitigation projects, as the country moves closer to its mid-2024 market debut.
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Australia plans sovereign green bond and taxonomy financing
21 April 2023The Australian government has announced it plans to issue a debut sovereign green bond and will co-fund the development of a sustainable finance taxonomy...
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Australia's landmark climate bill: an 'important signal' for investors
16 September 2022A bill to tackle climate change in one of the world's most carbon intensive economies was greeted as potentially transformative by investors. Genevieve Redgrave reports