New Zealand plans to issue sovereign green bonds next year to help raise finance for the country’s low carbon transition.
November 16, 2021Mandatory climate disclosures will be required from early 2024, for annual reporting periods that start on or after 1 January 2023.
October 25, 2021Once the bill is passed, disclosures will be required for financial years commencing in 2022, meaning the first disclosures for around 200 organisations will be made in 2023.
April 14, 2021If approved by Parliament, the new comply-or-explain climate risk disclosure regime could come into effect in 2023 at the earliest.
September 16, 2020