Consultant - Australian Taxonomy Agriculture

The Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) is involved in the development of more than 20 taxonomies and has been at the forefront of sustainable finance for over a decade. The organisation’s expertise and skills offer a longstanding track record of taxonomy development work, technical expertise and reputation in standard-setting as well as deep sector-specific technical knowledge and assessment abilities.

Climate Bonds has been recruited by the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute to support the design of the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. The first phase of the Taxonomy development project started in July 2023 with the design of the Energy, Built Environment and the Mining Criteria and included the publication of the Draft Taxonomy paper in May 2024 for public consultation. In the second phase of the project, Climate Bonds is now recruiting an agriculture, forestry and land use expert (preferably located in Australia) that can support the development of the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use Technical Screening Criteria of the Taxonomy.

Purpose and Objectives:

The purpose of the project is to provide specialised professional services to lead the design an...