50118 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Finance

50118 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Finance: How many staff, if any, were employed in the Minister's departments, if any, on 1 July 2023 that worked on greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts, categorised by whether they worked on organisational/corporate emissions reduction or nationwide emissions reduction or both?

Hon Nicola Willis: A number of Treasury staff work in areas where they may periodically engage in emissions reduction matters, but the Treasury does not hold detailed data on this. As at 1 July 2023, the number of staff in Treasury’s Climate Change team who were specifically dedicated to nationwide emissions reduction was approximately 4.1 full time equivalent staff. There was approximately 0.1 of an FTE working on organisational/corporate emissions reduction. Climate change mitigation was a component of the core role of three RBNZ staff on 1 July 2024, both in an organisational sense and with respect to understanding the emissions reduction status of the broader financial system and economy of New Zealand. Other staff were involved as appropriate on tasks related to organisational mitigation efforts, such as emissions accounting work and carbon budget preparation and administration.