25 Nov 2022
Mark Whelan & Kevin Corbally
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Group Executive Institutional & Chief Risk Officer, ANZ
ANZ is committed to transition all operational and financed carbon emissions from its portfolio to net zero by 2050. Success will be driven by the ability to help customers reduce their emissions.
14 Sep 2022
Elaine Bensted
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CEO, Zoos South Australia
Collaboration is the key ingredient in many settings, but most of all when the survival of a species is at stake.
12 Sep 2022
Shayne Elliott
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Chief Executive Officer, ANZ
As the ESG sector continues to evolve, ANZ has aligned its purpose, strategy and ESG priorities to capitalise on the next phase of growth.
09 Sep 2022
Dan Simpson
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Head of Impact Investing, ANZ Private Banking
Impact investing may help solve some of the biggest challenges the world faces. And the investment community is finally coming around to the scale of the opportunity.
06 Sep 2022
Soni Kumari, Susan Kilsby and Daniel Hynes
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Commodity Strategist, Agriculture Economist & Senior Commodities Strategist, ANZ
The opportunities in the agricultural sector are enormous, but population growth, environmental challenges and climate change mean it needs to be done in a more sustainable way.
10 Aug 2022
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
It could be time to move beyond ESG – not because it’s not important but because it’s too complex and too important to lump environmental, social and governance challenges together.
08 Aug 2022
Isaac Rankin
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Managing Director Commercial and Private Banking, ANZ
As consumers become more aware of the sustainability performance of businesses, it is increasingly important for SMEs to burnish their credentials.
24 Feb 2021
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
With the US government back on board with addressing climate change risks, businesses and regulators are getting on with the job.
29 Oct 2020
Mark Whelan
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Group Executive Institutional, ANZ
With important changes to ANZ’s carbon policy announced today Mark Whelan shares how the bank is transitioning to a net zero emissions economy by 2050.
02 Apr 2020
Andrew Davies
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CEO, B Lab
Consumers are demanding businesses focus on more than just financial returns.
31 Jan 2020
Stella Saris Chow
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Head of Sustainable Finance – International, ANZ
Sustainable finance is growing rapidly, innovative products can help support companies in the transition to a lower carbon economy.
02 Sep 2019
Mathew Browning
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CEO, U Ethical
All companies, both big and small, must be properly recording and reporting the benefits and risks of their investments.
15 May 2019
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
Environmental, social and governance reporting may extend beyond the normal reporting criteria but it is highly important.
26 Jul 2018
Chris Olszak
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Director, Aither
Water trading is driving Australian agriculture’s competitive advantage – and providing new avenues for sustainability.
13 Jul 2018
Kath Walters
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Content marketing consultant and freelance journalist
Tiny houses are touted as a solution to homelessness, housing affordability and more. These are big promises.
12 Jul 2018
Melissa Currie
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Creative Content Producer, bluenotes
Our ‘disposable’ lifestyle means around 50 per cent of plastic is used just once and thrown away. Is it really worth the convenience?
12 Jun 2018
Tony Field
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bluenotes contributor
Over 1.5 billion single-use plastic bags are used every year in NZ. One company is helping out.
02 May 2018
Mel Cutler & Mark Clover
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Head of Environmental Sustainability & Director of Project and Export Finance, ANZ
As environmental issues become increasingly important for businesses, some turn to renewable energy.
05 Apr 2018
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
Global banks increased lending for “extreme” fossil fuels last year but will such finances be increasingly climate constrained?
04 Apr 2018
Prof Martina Linnenluecke
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Professor of Environmental Science at Macquarie University
The business benefits of adopting a purpose-beyond-profit approach are positive for all organisations, including banks.
26 Mar 2018
Jemma Wight
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Production Editor, bluenotes
Just like individuals, organisations may not fully understand their environmental impact.
19 Dec 2017
Sally Warhaft
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Broadcaster, anthropologist and writer
On podcast, CEO talks about ANZ’s causes and the changing community expectations which led the bank to support a royal commission.
27 Nov 2017
Craig Shortus & Tsen Wong
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Head of & Director of Utilities & Infrastructure, Institutional Banking at ANZ
The challenges of energy supply are significant; the costs of getting it wrong even more so.
23 Nov 2017
Sharanjit Paddam
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Principal, Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants
Australian institutions aren’t adequately prepared for the impact of the transition to renewable energy.
23 Nov 2017
Paul Orton
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Head - Project & Export Finance, Institutional Banking at ANZ
With only one year before the Paris Agreement rules must be in place, what happened at COP23?
19 Sep 2017
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
There is another front - beyond politics and risk - for would-be financiers in the energy debate.
31 Jul 2017
Simon O’Connor
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CEO at Responsible Investment Association Australasia
Responsibly invested assets have quadrupled in the last three years to $US622 billion.
20 Jul 2017
Robert Scharfe
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Chief Executive Officer of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Exchange groups have the power to support the transition to greener economies.
20 Jul 2017
Shayne Elliott
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Chief Executive Officer, ANZ
It is in all our interests to move beyond old debates and seek certainty around energy policy.
30 Jun 2017
Tom Cropper
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Freelance Social Enterprise Journalist
An Australian company has broken new ground with a revolutionary technique which turns waste tyres into a potential goldmine.
05 Jun 2017
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
ANZ CEO acknowledges companies must do more and help communities to thrive.
10 May 2017
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
ANZ has a responsibility to be transparent about its impacts, CEO says.
28 Apr 2017
Kate Mackenzie
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Manager Investment & Governance, The Climate Institute
Investors are ramping up pressure on companies to sharpen their climate credentials - leading companies to grapple with a rapidly-emerging arena in corporate risk, strategy and long-term planning.
19 Apr 2017
Charles Wachira
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Associate Director, Institutional at ANZ
The times they are a changin’.
15 Nov 2016
Mark Lawson
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Retired senior journalist
Does renewable energy spell the end of coal as an energy source? And, if so, when? The demise of thermal coal in the energy mix seems an inevitable outcome of policy designed to reduce carbon emissions and tackle climate change – the election of a pro-coal, climate-change-skeptical American president aside.
06 Sep 2016
Emma Herd
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CEO, Investor Group on Climate Change
In the next 20 years, at least $US7.7 trillion is needed for renewable energy and energy efficiency markets to meet the demands of China, India, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
02 Sep 2016
Benjamin McCarron
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Managing Director, Asia Research and Engagement
The Asia Pacific is a critical battleground in the global effort to tackle climate change. Many nations and businesses across the region are investing in policy frameworks and commitments necessary to drive climate solutions.
01 Sep 2016
Lauren Hull
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Former Communications Coordinator, University of Melbourne
Twenty years from now, dairy farming will look and feel different. By 2040, farmers will have to deal with warmer temperatures and more extreme weather events, while more variable rainfall will see seasons shift and feeding strategies altered.
23 Aug 2016
Katharine Tapley
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Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions, ANZ
Climate change creates risks for all businesses and incorrectly assessing the impact of climate change on in the market they operate puts sustainable growth at risk.
07 Jun 2016
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
In the last month, both China and India have emphasised the critical role green investing can play in addressing environmental damage, carbon intensity and global warming; the global banking Financial Stability Board has expanded its climate-related financial disclosure task force; and a major investor group has published seven climate change policy priorities.
23 Mar 2016
Katharine Tapley & Catherine Bremner
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Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions & Former Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions, ANZ
This story is an edited version of a workshop delivered by Katharine and Catherine at the ANZ Global Capital Markets Corporate Debt Conference in 2016.
21 Mar 2016
Mara Bun
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Company director, consultant & moderator, Tallebudgera Valley
Remember the days when newspapers and TV decided what was news and consumers responded accordingly? Just as the news value chain splintered into a world where people create and share media, the food industry also confronts a changing landscape.
17 Feb 2016
Jane Olsen
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Freelance journalist
The global population is forecast to soar to more than 9.7 billion people by 2050, creating huge demand for the world’s finite resources and increasing our reliance on alternative, sustainable 'clean technology' for the environment and future generations.
30 Nov 2015
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
Food and water are two of the most basic essentials for human existence. Under pressure, we may well learn to live without the internet again but without food, water and acceptable air to breathe, we cease to exist.
17 Nov 2015
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
Banks ignore their regulators at their peril. So when the boss of the Bank of England, who is also chair of the global Financial Stability Board, devotes a major speech to the financial implications of climate change, it's prudent to pay attention.
10 Nov 2015
Tom Cropper
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Freelance Social Enterprise Journalist
First some bad news: it's getting harder and harder for the world to get the stuff it needs. Food, water and natural resources will all be harder to access over the next few decades and, what's worse, almost everyone will be affected somewhere down the line. The answer? Sustainability.
07 Oct 2015
Christina Tonkin
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Managing Director of Corporate Finance ANZ Institutional
What is the role of a bank in addressing the challenge of climate change? Is it to support government policies? Or should banks be doing more to speed up the transition to a low-carbon economy by prioritising the financing of low or zero-emission technologies that have the potential to disrupt traditional models of emissions-intensive energy generation?
11 Sep 2015
Leonie Lethbridge
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CEO Cambodia, ANZ
The volatility across global markets and data out of China has unsettled many across the region. While the much-feared 'China Syndrome' is a fanciful worst-case scenario for many, what is happening in the Asian giant today is not the catastrophe many believe.
01 Sep 2015
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
Coca-Cola apparently has a “global water steward”. His name is Greg Koch and his full title is “Senior Director of Global Water Stewardship”.
15 Jul 2015
Oliver Yates
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CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Australian energy is slowly going green. More than 30 new renewable energy plants will begin operating across Australia within the next five years and Australia's fast-growing green bond market – and thousands of superannuants – are likely to be behind the investment helping to build this new capacity.
26 May 2015
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
ANZ last week joined a growing list of financial institutions to offer a “green bond”.
07 Apr 2015
Yuan Jiahai
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Associate Professor, North China Electric Power University
Energy efficiency should be China's answer to both its energy supply and environmental problems. China should promote renewable and clean energy sources, upgrade its coal power production and encourage a low-carbon power system by capping coal's absolute contribution to the energy mix. But any decision to cap coal consumptionis likely to face many obstacles and challenges.
10 Mar 2015
Andrew Cornell
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Managing Editor, bluenotes
Anyone still in doubt about whether the world’s major economies are moving ahead with a price on carbon should pay attention to what is being said at China’s National People’s Congress where the political, social and economic priorities of the world’s next economic superpower are being laid out.
03 Mar 2015
Elizabeth Hayes
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Dairy farmer
I miss the days when waking up to the sun brought the promise of fun, watersports and picnics. Now as the sun rises over the Hakataramea Valley, I see my husband wince as it teasingly shines on the greenish-grey, struggling grasses of our once-fertile and lush dairy farm. As a 'reformed' townie, it's taken some time to realise the full impact of what I used to call “The Perfect Summer".
09 Dec 2014
Tim Harcourt
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Author, The Airport Economist
In some countries, the issues of climate and economics are treated entirely separately, divorced from one another except insofar as finance is required to fund environmental initiatives.
29 Aug 2014
Bernard Hickey
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Publisher at Hive News
It seemed like a marriage made in heaven that would produce a never-ending boom.
02 May 2014
ANZ Research
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Pollution control dents Hebei's GDP.
Helen Clark
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Freelance journalist & former Asian correspondent
The cult of analytics seems a million miles removed from dirt, but data management is being used to map and categorise soil in the hope it will lead to greater food security, better soil health and long-term benefit to the global agriculture sector.