Corporate environmental reporting
Guide
Governing for net zero: the board's role in organisational transition planning
With mandatory climate reporting underway in Australia, this guide supports boards and investors in navigating the complexities of climate transition planning. It reflects insights from directors and investors and provides an overview of directors’ legal obligations. The guide aims to support company boards in overseeing the development and implementation of transition plans, including articulating investors’...
Guide
The Climateworks Centre guide to credibility for corporate climate transition plans
Credible transition plans are one of the best ways for companies to demonstrate a genuine commitment to emissions reductions. This Australia-first credibility guide for corporate climate transition plans draws on and consolidates 34 global best practice resources. It offers 7 credibility criteria and 31 associated sub-criteria to enhance readers’ understanding of what a credible transition...
Report
An ESG reporting standard for Australian community housing
This first report of an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting Standard for Australian community housing organisations has revealed significant progress in sustainability practices among early adopters. It provides evidence to investors and other stakeholders of the sector’s sustainability credentials.
Report
Banking climate failure: the broken climate promises of Australia’s big four banks
This analysis reveals that in 2023, Australia’s big four banks - ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, and Westpac, continued to pour billions of dollars into the fossil fuel industry. This report argues that this completely undermines their 'climate credentials'.
Report
How an accounting shift could conceal millions of tonnes of coal mine emissions
This report investigates the historical implementation and potential implications of expanding the current application of company-led reporting for open-cut coal mines across Australia. It does so through an assessment of eight operating and two proposed coal mines, and a comparison of emission reporting under respective state-based emissions factors.