Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group Working Group

RIAA Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group (ACWG) provides a platform for AotearoaNew Zealand members of RIAA to actively participate and collaborate on criticalresponsible investment and sustainability issues.

Members of the ACWG are willing to contribute to evolving best practice inresponsible investment, sharing knowledge and work to align these with AotearoaNew Zealand's responsible investment and policy priorities. Members commit toimproving responsible investment outcomes within the group and influencing their own organisations and the wider investment community.

There has long been a gap in the New Zealand market for collaborative working between fund managers. This working group will be a space for fund managers to come together and focus their engagement efforts as a group, both with corporates and with policy makers. After all, if you want to go far, go together. - Rachel Tinkler, Head of Responsible Investment at Mint Asset Management

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Terms of reference

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Upcoming meetings

June 19, 2025

Foundation North 50 Ponsonby Road Grey Lynn Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand

Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group Meeting #2, 2025

September 16, 2025

TBC Auckland CBD Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand

Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group Meeting #3, 2025

December 4, 2025

TBC Auckland CBD Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand

Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group Meeting #4, 2025

Past meeting papers and presentations

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March 20, 2025

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Mercer Auckland - 11th Floor, Kea 1 & 2 rooms PWC Tower, 15 Custom Street West, Auckland, 1010 Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand

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Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group Meeting #1, 2025

The Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group provides a platform for Aotearoa New Zealand members of RIAA to actively participate and collaborate on critical responsible investment and sustainability issues.

December 5, 2024

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Online via Zoom Meeting

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Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group Meeting #4, 2024

This meeting will begin with a workshop on Mapping Global Standards (as part of the Educating workstream), facilitated by Rachel Tinkler. The meeting will then continue with an update on other key topics including Te Ao Māori approaches to investment, policy advocacy, and the NZ Sustainable Finance Strategy.

September 17, 2024

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Online via Zoom Meeting

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Aotearoa Collaborative Working Group Meeting #3, 2024

The unexamined underlying business rationale, culture and identity of a company and the wider system and mindset of which they are a part is a primary source of human rights violations in supply chains. Investors have a critical role to play in unearthing their impact and participating in their transformation. This meeting will begin with an Educating Workshop (a focus on modern slavery), in line with prioritised topics in the previous meeting. Modern Slavery specialist Gary Shaw will workshop how investors can engage with companies and go beyond ‘risk’ as the only tool with which to make their assessments. The meeting will then include updates from the Advocating and Connecting workstreams.