Sustainable Economy
The Sustainable Economy Program focuses on policy ideas and partnerships to build a more environmentally and socially sustainable economy. Australia has a tremendous opportunity to leverage its abundant natural resources, wealth and creativity to build a fair, sustainable and prosperous economy – one that provides a secure future for all Australians. But this can only happen if the right policy settings are in place, and if both private and public actors are focussed on the things that really drive risk, growth and wellbeing in the long term.
In recent years, our Sustainable Economy Program research has helped drive a major shift in how Australian business, investors and regulators are responding to long-term challenges and opportunities stemming from climate change and sustainable finance. We have also continued longer-term research on energy, sustainable agriculture and the national security implications of climate change. Please read on below for more information about our work.
Latest Articles
Australia-Indonesia Energy Transition Policy Dialogue | Second Meeting, March 9 2023
Curtis Moore - March 2023
The second meeting of the Australia-Indonesia Energy Transition Policy Dialogue was held in Jakarta and online on 9 March 2023.
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Mandatory Disclosure of Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities: Submission to Treasury
Lachlan Williams - March 2023
Government authorities and large privately-held businesses should ultimately disclose climate risks alongside publicly traded companies to support a swift, just and orderly transition to net zero
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MEDIA RELEASE: Climate risk regime can make Australia part of the solution
Lachlan Williams - December 2022
The announcement of moves towards a clear and uniform taxonomy for climate risk and opportunity for Australian corporate and financial institutions is a vital and necessary step towards an orderly...
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Investing for Australia – Clarifying Climate Risk Expectations for the Future Fund
Lachlan Williams - December 2022
Investing for Australia: Clarifying climate risk expectations for the Future Fund assess the sovereign wealth fund's climate risk response and recommends three steps to put the Future Fund on the...
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2035 Climate Initiative Roundtable One
Lachlan Williams - December 2022
The 2035 Climate Initiative is coordinated by the Centre for Policy Development (CPD) and Climateworks Centre, with a steering group that includes Pollination Group, Australian Industry Group (AiGroup) and the...
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RBA Review submission: Equipping the RBA for a dynamic climate risk and transition response
Lachlan Williams - November 2022
The Reserve Bank is governed by a 63-year-old law that requires the RBA Board to contribute to economic prosperity and welfare. It makes sense to update this to account for...
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Raising the Bar: Managing climate change risk in public authorities
Lachlan Williams - September 2022
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Climate & Recovery Initiative Roundtable Eight
Lachlan Williams - April 2022
Climate and Recovery Initiative Roundtable Eight, from Centre for Policy Development and ClimateWorks Centre. Part of the Sustainable Economy Program at the Centre for Policy Development.
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Who’s buying? – Centre for Policy Development
Jeremy McEachern - January 2022
Who’s buying? in the media AFR and ABC both covered the release of the report Toby Phillips appeared on ABC News and AM to discuss the report’s findings It was...
Read MoreSeventh Climate & Recovery Initiative stakeholder roundtable
Jeremy McEachern - November 2021
The seventh roundtable of the Climate and Recovery Initiative, on Friday 19 November 2021, was held directly after a public forum on Climate, Capital Markets and Global Governance. The UNFCCC...
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VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT: Climate Risk, Capital Markets and Global Governance
Lachlan Williams - November 2021
Read MoreCPD’s Upcoming Public Forum: Climate, Capital Markets and Global Governance
Georgia Wilkinson - November 2021
On behalf of the Climate & Recovery Initiative, the Centre for Policy Development and ClimateWorks Australia are pleased to invite you to participate in a virtual public forum on climate,...
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Australia’s access to capital may be strangled over climate stance
Georgia Wilkinson - October 2021
Article by Lucas Baird featuring CPD’s Climate & Recovery Initiative, published in the Australian Financial Review on 22 September 2021. Australia risks punishment from global markets that will blow out...
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