Sustainability Conference 2026 NZ

Attend Sustainability Conference 2026 to:&nbsp;
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 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px; border: 0px;">Explore current and emerging sustainability reporting expectations and challenges across Australia and New Zealand.&nbsp;</li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px; border: 0px;">Strengthen your practical capability in data quality, governance, internal controls and assurance readiness.&nbsp;</li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px; border: 0px;">Explore how finance teams can turn climate, nature and social risks into decision-useful business insight.&nbsp;</li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px; border: 0px;">Gain practical perspectives on value chain analysis, Scope 3 emissions, scenario analysis, materiality and transition planning.&nbsp;</li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px; border: 0px;">Consider the role of technology and AI in supporting better sustainability reporting and decision-making while managing the sustainability trade-offs.&nbsp;</li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px; border: 0px;">Connect with peers and experts across the Trans-Tasman finance and sustainability reporting community.&nbsp;</li>
 <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px; border: 0px;">Earn up to 10+ CPD hours by attending the conference and accessing additional content through the Attendee Hub.</li>
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Learning Outcomes

Delegates will examine the finance function&rsquo;s role in strengthening data quality, governance, internal controls and assurance readiness, while translating climate, nature and social risks and opportunities into decision-useful business insight.&nbsp;
Through keynotes, technical sessions and peer-led discussion, supplemented by recorded webinars, the programme will cover sustainability from a finance perspective.&nbsp;&nbsp;Explore how sustainability creates value, unpack key sustainability reporting challenges and opportunities in Australia and New Zealand, examine stakeholder expectations, and consider the role of AI in future-focused sustainability practice.&nbsp;
Under the theme Shaping the Future: Reporting, Resilience and Value Creation, Sustainability Conference 2026 will provide delegates with actionable insights to lead with integrity, build organisational resilience, and support better decisions to create value for their organisations, clients and broader stakeholders.&nbsp;

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