Chapter Zero New Zealand is part of a global network of board directors committed to taking action on climate change in Aotearoa. Engage with us for comprehensive insights, resources, and tools to navigate the transition to a sustainable future. Join our community of business leaders committed to responsible practices and environmental stewardship.

The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) promotes sustainable investment worldwide. Their initiatives include research, policy advocacy, and collaboration with stakeholders to advance environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations in investment decisions. Explore their resources for insights into sustainable finance practices and global investment trends.

The Aotearoa Circle is a New Zealand-based organisation committed to sustainable development and environmental stewardship. The organisation is a voluntary initiative bringing together leaders from public and private sectors to commit to priority actions that will restore Aotearoa's natural capital for future generations.

Heliocene is a knowledge platform presenting a deliberately small set of continually updated articles on the vast, fast-moving topic of business sustainability. The organisation is devoted to delivering information on global best practice business sustainability to a New Zealand corporate audience.

Based on interviews with 22 leading asset owners, this 2018 report explores the best-practices landscape for managing climate risks and opportunities. The report identifies barriers faced by industry leaders and presents a framework of ten building blocks for other asset owners developing and introducing climate strategies.

A two page read that reports the annual growth of the Responsible Investment Managed Funds market within Australia and New Zealand. It offers insight into the composition of this market and a short snapshot into the performance of overseas equity trusts.

This toolkit guides investors on how to assess a company’s relationship with Indigenous stakeholders and its respect for their cultural heritage. The toolkit explains the impact of those issues on long-term financial value before providing detailed guidance on what investors should look for in a company's disclosure and engagement practices.

Plan for Life, Actuaries & Researchers is an ISS Market Intelligence brand that collects Australia and New Zealand data covering retirement, managed funds, and life insurance markets using actuarial methods in order to provide clients with market share reports and statistics, business intelligence, product analyses and consulting services.

Asia's meat, dairy, and seafood industries are increasingly vulnerable to risks with the potential to damage returns. This report analyses twelve Asia-Pacific markets identifying five areas of risk including food safety and nutrition, public health, environment, animal welfare and labour standards. Each area of risk includes key questions for investors.

MinterEllison is an Australian law firm, providing legal and consulting services through a global network of branches and affiliated entities. This includes advising on climate risk governance and the expectations of regulators and the community on environment, social and governance issues. It participates in climate change related initiatives.

The report examines how the adoption of policies that drive strong economic outcomes for the private sector often reduce poverty in the developing world, primarily through opportunities for job creation. In particular, the report calls for policies that promote greater access to credit and the protection of minority investors.

The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is a collaboration of Australian and New Zealand institutional investors focusing on the impact that climate change has on the financial value of investments. The IGCC aims to encourage government policies and investment practices that address the risks and opportunities of climate change.

The body of evidence continues to stack up – nationally and globally - showing that responsible investments typically achieve stronger risk-adjusted financial performance than their peers, consistently outperforming against benchmarks over short-term and long-term time frames. This fact sheet details the performance of Australian and New Zealand investment products, superannuation and impact investments.

Explores the drivers of sustainable finance growth in Asia Pacific and the factors constraining it. The analysis was determined through parallel surveys - one of investors and one of issuers. The research found that the biggest constraint for sustainable finance was a lack of bankable sustainable projects.

Adopting an organisational risk lens, this report explores the potential extent and interconnectedness of climate-related impacts to New Zealand Fisheries through two, alternate scenarios (reflecting 2ºC and 4ºC of global warming) set in the year 2050. The report aims to support strategic decision making about sustainable utilisation of New Zealand's ocean resources.

An alliance of global research universities that aims to promote multi-disciplinary, high-quality and rigorous academic research on sustainable finance and investment. With the purpose of aligning the financial system with the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.