56039 (2024). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister of Climate Change
Written Question
Published date: 17 Sep 2024
56039 (2024). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister of Climate Change: What private sector organisations, if any, listed by title, provided feedback to the Ministry for the Environment or the Independent Technical Advisory Group (ITAG) on the ITAG's draft green taxonomy recommendations for private sector feedback?
Hon Simon Watts: Public feedback and engagement on the Independent Technical Advisory Group (ITAG's) draft recommendations took place from 22 April to 5 May 2024, and was managed by Toitū Tahua: the Centre for Sustainable Finance.
I am advised the following organisations submitted written feedback to the ITAG on their draft recommendations:
BNZ, TIL Aotearoa, Mindful Money, Responsible Investment Association Australasia, Lake Taupō Forest Trust, Heliocene Post Growth Consultancy, Forsyth Barr, and Purpose Capital.
I am advised the following organisations attended two public consultation webinars hosted by Toitū Tahua and were surveyed on their reactions to the ITAG's draft advice:
1. ANZ
2. ASB
3. Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI)
4. Beca
5. BRANZ
6. Callaghan Innovation
7. Deloitte NZ
8. Dentons Kensington Swan NZ
9. DLA Piper NZ
10. Energy Resources Aotearoa
11. Esperance Capital
12. Forsyth Barr Investment Management
13. Generate Zero
14. Impact Lab
15. National Iwi Chairs Forum
16. Kiwibank
17. KPMG NZ
18. Mercury NZ
19. Mindful Money
20. Mint Asset Management
21. New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF)
22. New Zealand Banking Association (NZBA)
23. New Zealand Superannuation Fund
24. Orion
25. Poipoia
26. PwC NZ
27. Rabobank NZ
28. silkroad.earth
29. Slake
30. The Investment Store
31. Webb Henderson
32. WSP
33. Yumi.ai
34. Heliocene Post Growth Consultancy
35. Purpose Capital Impact Fund
36. TIL Aotearoa Limited
37. Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)