Sponsors

ANZ

ANZ’s Purpose, to shape a world where people and communities thrive, underpins all we do with our customers, employees, shareholders, and communities. 

As an institution on its own journey to net zero, we understand the opportunities and can offer sustainable financing to support your energy transition plans. We operate in close to 30 countries globally, with on-the-ground presence in more than 10 markets across Asia.
anz.com

Antipodes

Antipodes is a diversified investment firm (~A$21bn AUM) with investment teams based in Sydney, London and Melbourne. Our investment teams specialise in global and Australian listed equities, credit, infrastructure, and small and mid-cap companies. Our expert-driven strategies combine deep fundamental analysis, rigorous research, and a commitment to responsible investing. Each team focuses on delivering long-term value through tailored approaches, ranging from value-based equity investment to income-generating credit strategies and infrastructure asset selection. We aim to provide sustainable, risk-adjusted returns over the medium to long term.
antipodes.com

Campbell Global, a J.P. Morgan company

Acquired by J.P. Morgan Asset Management in 2021, Campbell Global is a leading global investment manager focused on timberland. We are widely recognised as an authority on both forest management and timberland investing, with nearly four decades of experience in timberland management and value creation. A pioneer in the field, over the last 40+ years we have managed 5.5 million acres worldwide for pension funds, foundations, and other institutional investors. The firm supervises approximately USD 10.1 billion and over 1.4 million acres in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Chile (as of December 31, 2024).
am.jpmorgan.com/au/en/asset-management/adv/

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) promotes and protects Australia’s international interests to support our security and prosperity. We work with international partners and other countries to tackle global challenges, increase trade and investment opportunities, protect international rules, keep our region stable and help Australians overseas.
dfat.gov.au

Environmental Defense Fund

Founded in 1967, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is a global leading nonprofit organization with 3.5 million members and over 1,000 professional employees. Guided by rigorous science, economics and climate justice principles, EDF designs long-lasting, practical solutions to the planet’s most urgent challenges — from cutting methane and carbon emissions, transforming energy use and transportation, to protecting people’s health and bolstering nature’s resilience. Operating in 30 countries including a growing presence in Australia, EDF works through partnerships — with governments, businesses and communities— to ensure policies and actions have real impact, especially in places and on issues where change can be fastest and most meaningful.
edf.org

Fathom

Fathom gives risk management professionals the most scientifically robust tools and intelligence for understanding the climate’s effects on flood risk. 

By publishing cutting-edge peer-reviewed academic research, and applying it to real-world challenges, Fathom enables stronger decision-making for a range of industries around the world, including (re)insurance, civil engineering, corporate risk, financial services, disaster response and government. 

As a dedicated team of scientists, Fathom harnesses its passion for innovation and the environment to develop rigorous catastrophe models and comprehensive mapping and geospatial data that make a real-world difference to customers and communities worldwide.
fathom.global

Fidelity International

Our purpose is to work together to build better financial futures for our clients and we believe that investing, over the long-term, is critical to achieving that. Our focus is on delivering sustainable investment returns for our clients, while managing our impact on society and the environment.
fidelity.com.au

IFM Investors

Owned by pension funds. Inspired by their members. We are a global institutional asset manager driven to make a positive difference. By owning, operating and investing in critical assets across private markets, we seek to maximize long-term returns, as well as creating positive and wide-ranging benefits for communities around the world. As a responsible long-term investor IFM actively engages with the companies in which we invest on issues we care about, with the aim of improving their net performance while minimising investment risk. Operating globally from 13 offices, IFM manages investments across infrastructure, debt, listed equities and private equity assets.
ifminvestors.com/en-au/

Lendlease

Lendlease is a leading Australian real estate business with an international Investments platform. We leverage our international real estate investment management and asset creation skills, as well as our development and construction capability, to deliver city-shaping projects that create strong and connected communities. For more than 65 years, we have delivered essential civic and social infrastructure, created award-winning urban precincts, and managed funds and assets for some of the world’s largest real estate investors. Placemaking, and creating value for our partners, investors and securityholders, is core to our strategy and competitive position as we contribute to the quality and liveability of cities by working in partnership with governments, investors and the community.
lendlease.com

Materials and Embodied Carbon Leaders Alliance

MECLA takes a systems wide approach to decarbonising the building and construction industry with a focus on embodied carbon. MECLA engages all parts of the supply chain ecosystem and now has +190 organisations across the industry. We help drive a market transition across industry and government by: 

1. Demonstrating the demand and activating the supply of materials. 
2. Defining a best practice embodied carbon evaluation framework. 
3. Knowledge sharing through best practice education, case studies, myth-busting, demonstrations, and supporting innovation in materials and processes. 
4. Developing common language for design specifications, procurement guidelines and tendering criteria as standard practice for government agencies and companies.
5. Helping to manage industry’s climate and product transition risks. 

MECLA operates in a pre-competitive environment with a governance framework and adopts the spirit of a ‘do-tank’. MECLA has ten working groups focusing on all building and infrastructure types.
mecla.org.au

MSCI

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.
msci.com

Pathzero

Pathzero is an Australian company that provides infrastructure that enables superannuation funds and institutional investors to effectively manage climate-related financial risks across their unlisted portfolios. Unlike traditional data providers, Pathzero leverages a powerful network effect, connecting more than 500 fund managers – representing more than $4.5 trillion in assets – and offering direct-from-source emissions data critical for accurate physical risk assessments.

Pathzero’s vertically integrated, fully compatible platform supports a top-down, risk-based approach, enabling investors to efficiently establish coverage today and strategically deepen disclosures over time. SOC 2 Type 2 certified, Pathzero ensures audit-ready disclosures aligned with Australia’s mandatory climate reporting requirements.
pathzero.com.au

Quinbrook

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners is a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed to drive the energy transition in the UK, US, and Australia. Quinbrook is led and managed by a senior team of power industry professionals who have collectively invested c. USD 6.9 billion of equity capital in 40 GW of energy infrastructure assets representing a total transaction value of USD 29.8 billion. Quinbrook has completed a diverse range of direct investments in both utility and distributed scale onshore wind and solar power, battery storage, reserve peaking capacity, biomass, fugitive methane recovery, hydro and flexible energy management solutions in the UK, US, and Australia. Quinbrook is currently developing and constructing some of the largest renewables and storage infrastructure projects in the UK, US, and Australia.
quinbrook.com

CEFC

The CEFC is Australia’s specialist climate investor, helping cut emissions in the race towards net zero by 2050. We invest in the latest technologies to generate, store, manage and transmit clean energy. Our discounted asset finance programs help put more Australians on the path to sustainability, in their homes and on the road. CEFC capital is also backing the net zero transformation of our natural capital, infrastructure, property and resources sectors, while providing critical capital for the emerging climate tech businesses of tomorrow. With access to more than $32 billion from the Australian Government, we invest to deliver a positive return for taxpayers.
cefc.com.au

Lowercarbon Capital

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Chris Sacca and Crystal Sacca along with their partner Clay Dumas to back unreasonably ambitious founders building our way out of the climate mess. Our formula is simple: find the leading businesses in AI, advanced manufacturing, resilience and, above all, energy whose long term financial success inevitably results in fewer greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
lowercarbon.com

New Forests

New Forests is a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, with AUD 11.7 billion (USD 7.7 billion) in assets under management across more than 4.3 million hectares (10.5 million acres) of investments. We manage a diversified portfolio of sustainable timber plantations and conservation areas, carbon and conservation finance projects, agriculture, timber processing and infrastructure. We aim to generate shared prosperity for our clients and the communities in which we operate and accelerate the transition to a sustainable future.
newforests.com

ARENA

ARENA is the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Our purpose is to support the global transition to net zero emissions. We do so by accelerating the pace of pre-commercial innovation. This is to the benefit of Australian consumers, businesses and workers.
arena.gov.au

Ascera Energy

Ascera Energy is at the forefront of Australia's renewable revolution, delivering cutting-edge, utility-scale battery storage solutions across New South Wales, Western Australia, and Queensland. By developing, constructing, and operating large-scale lithium battery projects, Ascera Energy is not only reducing power prices but also enhancing grid stability and energy security.Our innovative technologies, including grid-forming inverters and solar DC hybrid systems, are paving the way for a cleaner, smarter energy future.
asceraenergy.com

Emmi

Emmi provides climate risk analysis to institutional investors, allowing them to measure and manage the impact of carbon on their portfolios. 

Using machine learning and carbon financial algorithms, Emmi provides accurate, timely emissions data coupled with transition risk analysis at both an asset and portfolio level, across all major asset classes.

Now integrated directly into FactSet, powering climate insights across global markets.
emmi.io

Harvest by Dasseti

Harvest by Dasseti is the award-winning AI-powered ESG platform transforming how institutional investors manage sustainability. Purpose-built for private markets, Harvest automates collection, validation, and reporting – supporting global frameworks like AASB S2 and SFDR – and turns fragmented ESG data into actionable insights that drive performance.

Sidekick, Harvest’s embedded AI assistant, streamlines due diligence with document scraping, response review, and risk flagging. Multi-layered validation ensures accuracy, while configurable dashboards and fund-level aggregation make reporting seamless. From LP portfolio-wide reporting to carbon accounting, Harvest delivers a single source of ESG truth for smarter decisions.
dasseti.com/harvest

Indigenous Energy Australia

As an Aboriginal advocate and a consultant, Indigenous Energy Australia (IEA) partners with Indigenous communities, industry, and government to transform the way infrastructure is developed and delivered in Australia. Generational infrastructure is foundational in the pathway to climate resilience, which underpins community self-determination. Our tested and proven approach is grounded in genuine collaboration, enabling transformative growth and resilient communities. 

We are ambitious and unwavering in our commitment to a reconciled, resilient and decarbonised future. 

We work across all levels—from being a trusted partner at the grassroots, to providing hands-on technical support within organisations, to offering strategic guidance at the highest levels of decision-making. We specialise in creating lasting connections and shared perspectives between government, industry, and community, fostering a future where everyone thrives together.
indigenousenergyaustralia.com/

Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

We are an initiative to create awareness and encourage action among Asia’s asset owners and asset managers about the risks and opportunities associated with climate change and low-carbon investing. AIGCC provides capacity and a trusted forum for investors active in Asia to share best practice and to collaborate on investment activity, credit analysis, risk management, engagement and policy related to climate change.
aigcc.net/

Infrastructure Sustainability Council

The Infrastructure Sustainability Council is a purpose-led, member-based organisation driving sustainability outcomes in infrastructure across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. At the heart of our work is the IS Rating Scheme—a trusted, comprehensive tool that assesses and certifies infrastructure projects based on their environmental, social, economic, and governance performance. Through collaboration, capacity building, and independent assurance, we support industry to create infrastructure that delivers long-term value for people and the planet.
iscouncil.org

The Superpower Institute

Founded in 2023 by renowned economist Professor Ross Garnaut and public policy expert Rod Sims, The Superpower Institute (TSI) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping Australia seize the extraordinary economic opportunities of the post-carbon world. Our focus is on developing the regulatory frameworks, market incentives and practical knowledge necessary for Australia to become a major exporter of renewable energy and green industrial products. By leveraging the nation’s comparative advantage, we aim to elevate Australia’s economic and climate ambition and secure our place as a leader in a decarbonised global economy. 
https://www.superpowerinstitute.com.au/

The Energy

The Energy is dedicated to covering the business of energy focussing on the people, capital, projects and emerging technology driving the transition. We cut through the noise, converting complexity into clarity to deliver actionable insights that empower decision-makers to lead the charge.
theenergy.co
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FS Sustainability

FS Sustainability reports on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues regarding Australian companies and institutional investors. The publication's unique, in-depth writing covers how investible Australian companies manage, disclose, and communicate their ESG risks and opportunities. The publication also explores how Australian institutional asset owners, asset managers and financial advisers are using best-practice ESG principles to mitigate risk and provide sources of long-term investment returns. 

Content is delivered through news, thought leadership articles and whitepapers. The title was established in 2011 by Rachel Alembakis as The Sustainability Report and was acquired by Rainmaker Group in October 2019. The publication was then re-launched as FS Sustainability to align with Financial Standard and its suite of titles.
fssustainability.com.au

KangaNews

Since June 2006, KangaNews has provided a complete information service on the Australian and New Zealand debt markets including in- and outbound deal flow with an Australasian angle. Since 2015, the business has also had a strong focus on sustainable finance. Together with a website, an email news update service (KangaNewsAlert) and an events team that focuses on specialised capital markets and sustainable finance conferences, KangaNews provides market participants with all the information they need to keep up to date with the deals and trends making headlines in the Australasian debt markets. Regular sections in the magazine include features offering issuer and asset-class insight, investor updates, deal and league tables, and investor and issuer profiles.
kanganews.com

Greenfleet

We’re proud to partner with Greenfleet in taking meaningful climate action by offsetting the carbon emissions from our Annual Summit through native reforestation efforts.
greenfleet.com.au