On 2 February 2016, the Senate referred the following matter to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 22 June 2016:

Carbon risk disclosure in regard to:

1. current and emerging international carbon risk disclosure frameworks;
2. current carbon risk disclosure practices within corporate Australia;
3. Australian involvement in the G20 Financial Stability Board discussions on carbon risk impacts for financial stability;
4. current regulatory and policy oversight of carbon risk disclosure across government agencies; and
5. any other related matters.