Climate related disclosures

• All registered banks, credit unions, and building societies with total assets of more than $1 billion.
• All managers of registered investment schemes (other than restricted schemes) with greater than $1 billion in total assets under management.
• All licensed insurers with greater than $1 billion in total assets or annual premium income greater than $250 million.
• Listed issuers of quoted equity securities with a combined market price exceeding $60 million.
• Listed issuers of quoted debt securities with a combined face value of quoted debt exceeding $60 million.

• Prepare an annual climate statement that discloses information about the effects of climate change on their business or any fund they manage.
• Prepare climate statements in accordance with climate standards issued by the XRB.
• Obtain independent assurance about the part of the climate statement that relates to the disclosure of GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions in the second year of reporting.
• Make the climate statement available to the public.
• Comply with record-keeping requirements.

The climate-related disclosures legislation gives the External Reporting Board (XRB) a mandate to develop and issue climate standards as part of a climate-related disclosures framework. 

XRB has released its final Climate Standards. View the Climate Standards from XRB.

They are:

• Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standard 1: Climate-related Disclosures (NZ CS 1)
• Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standard 2: Adoptin of Climate-related Disclosures (NZ CS2)
• Aotearoa New Zealand Climate-related Disclosures Concepts (NZ CRDC)

First annual reporting periods begin on January 1, 2023 for those Climate Reporting Entities with a January 1 balance date. All others begin from the start date of their next reporting period.

First climate statements will be published in 2024.

Check the “What are Climate Reporting Entities (CREs)?” list above. For more technical questions determining whether your organisation is a CRE, or download the "Am I a Climate Reporting Entity?" fact sheet. 

We suggest seeking legal advice on whether your organisation is included. If you have further questions then contact us.

Use these flowcharts to help determine if your organisation is a Climate Reporting Entity:

These charts are only for guidance. They should not be considered to be, or relied on as, legal advice.
Please ensure you undertake your own due diligence.

• MIS managers
• Licensed insurers
• Banks, credit unions & building societies
• Listed issuers

This document outlines the levies related to the new Climate Related Disclosures regime.

The Financial Markets Authority (Levies) Regulations 2012, as amended in 2020 and 2022, set out the levies payable by industry. The levies are set by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE).

We’ve published our initial monitoring approach to climate-related record keeping - to inform and support new climate reporting entities to meet their statutory reporting requirements.

Download the Climate-related disclosure record keeping: our initial approach PDF.

MBIE has published Cabinet decisions about the proposed climate-related disclosure regulations.

These new regulations will cover CRD record keeping requirements and infringement fees.

We expect MBIE to release an exposure draft of the regulations, check back on this page or sign up for our regular CRD newsletters to be alerted when this draft becomes available.

It is anticipated that record keeping requirements in these regulations will cover topics such as keeping records in a reasonable format; completeness and accuracy of records; accessibility of records; use of third party providers to keep records; location of CRD records; and inspection of CRD records.

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