Our Work

Climate Integrity was founded in 2024 to increase the ambition, integrity and accountability of the climate commitments of Australian companies.

Our purpose is to close the corporate climate integrity gap in Australia by championing integrity, transparency, accountability, justice and science in corporate real zero transitions.

Investigations

Policy Engagement

Climate Integrity works to strengthen Australia’s climate policy and regulatory settings so they are grounded in science, transparency, and accountability – not vested interests.

We analyse and respond to government policy processes across climate, energy, and carbon markets, including consultations, inquiries, reviews, and legislative reforms. Our work focuses on identifying where policy settings are being distorted by misleading modelling, opaque assumptions, or industry lobbying that is misaligned with Australia’s climate commitments.

Latest policy submissions

The Latest
2026 ACCU Scheme Review Submission
2026 ACCU Scheme Review Submission

Carbon offsetting must remain a limited tool, reserved for genuinely residual emissions after all feasible emissions reductions have been achieved.

Disinformation & Data-Washing Shaping Australian Energy Policy
Disinformation & Data-Washing Shaping Australian Energy Policy

Data-washing by consultancies is now one of the fossil fuel industry’s most powerful disinformation tools, giving flawed modelling the veneer of independence and delaying Australia’s clean energy transition.

Gas Market Review Consultation
Gas Market Review Consultation

Protecting or entrenching fossil gas use beyond essential short-term needs risks undermining both our climate commitments and our economic competitiveness in a decarbonising global economy.

Submission: Targets, Pathways and Progress
Submission: Targets, Pathways and Progress

The authority should be using its unique advisory opportunity to strive for leadership towards by modeling targets, sector pathways and advice in line with the latest science that ensures Australia is contributing fairly to global emissions reduction obligations.

Submission: Mandatory climate disclosures
Submission: Mandatory climate disclosures

Mechanisms for holding corporations to account for making misleading statements about their climate action are critical for encouraging best-practice climate action plans and science-based emissions reductions.

Submission: Australia needs an ambition-raising regulatory landscape
Submission: Australia needs an ambition-raising regulatory landscape

Climate-related financial disclosures should be driving meaningful business action that is science-aligned to ensure real progress towards global 2030 emission reduction goals.

Submission: Voluntary action alone is not enough to drive business climate action
Submission: Voluntary action alone is not enough to drive business climate action

Voluntary action can be useful in determining the leaders from the laggards, but should not be used as the baseline for business climate action.

Leadership and Best Practice

REAL ZERO

Our Real Zero campaign and analysis helps establish a new benchmark for corporate leadership and climate action in Australia.

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CARBON REMOVALS FRAMEWORK

Australia needs a national carbon removals budget and a governance framework to allocate removals fairly to the most deserving uses.

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THE LATEST

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How Big Consulting Firms Undermine Climate Action

The Nationals and the Liberal Party have officially abandoned net zero. This decision to ditch net zero was justified by an inaccurate report produced by Nationals-aligned Page Research Centre, claiming coal could deliver cheaper power than renewables.

2026 ACCU Scheme Review Submission

Carbon offsetting must remain a limited tool, reserved for genuinely residual emissions after all feasible emissions reductions have been achieved.

Inside the BCA report that undermined Australia’s 2035 emissions target

While presented as analysis to inform Australia’s 2035 emissions reduction target, the BCA and McKinsey report is marked by clear bias in both framing and method, designed to encourage the government to set a weaker target. 

Consulting isn’t neutral: how professional services are quietly shaping our climate future.

Consultants, we’re told, have choices. But when those choices risk your job, your promotion, or your visa status, how real are they?

Investigation finds EY produced deceptive report for gas lobby, influencing government policy

EY’s 2023 report for Australian Energy Producers (AEP) misrepresented Australia’s gas future as “Paris” and “net zero” aligned, using selective data, non-existent scenarios, and assumptions that defy climate science.