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Top Australian companies lobbying against climate action face potential legal risks
Sustainability is key to thriving businesses of the future: all companies will fail in a climate of crisis and unmanageable risks.
Climate Integrity provides research and analysis, and engages with companies to align their climate transitions with the goals of the Paris agreement.
We advocate for the Government to provide the policy environment to unlock climate leadership and support rapid corporate transitions to zero emissions.
Clear, science-aligned standards and smarter governance can level the playing field for businesses navigating the energy transition and reward those going further and faster.
Integrity matters.
Is your board effectively managing the risks and opportunities of different policy scenarios in the transition?
Is your company aligned to a credible decarbonisation pathway?
Is your target based on the latest IPCC science?
Does your team understand the integrity issues and risks in carbon markets?
Are you managing the legal risks of misaligned lobbying by your industry associations?
Leading Australian companies are obstructing and delaying Australia’s transition to zero emissions by directly and indirectly lobbying against climate action.
Despite having made repeated public declarations in support of limiting global warming to 1.5C and the goals of the Paris Agreement.
When there is misalignment between a company's top-line claims of support for climate action and their lobbying they are opening themselves up to potential legal risks, including misleading or deceptive conduct claims, shareholder advocacy or tort-based claims.
New report warns of legal risks for Australian companies lobbying against climate action.
Study finds Australian companies’ climate pledges failing to meet international standards.
A comprehensive assessment of the climate plans of 10 of Australia’s biggest corporations* found they are lagging behind global best practice and lack scientific rigour.
None of the companies has a comprehensive, independently verified and fully costed plan for reducing their emissions in line with a scientific pathway.
Only half of the companies are on track to meet their own emissions reduction targets and none have plans to phase out the primary cause of climate change - fossil fuels.
Urgent government intervention is needed to improve regulation, guidance and compliance mechanisms to ensure climate pledges and transition plans actually deliver emissions reductions, not greenwashing.
