SUSTAINABILITY AND NATURAL CAPITAL
Beyond carbon.
In a world increasingly focused on environmental and social stewardship, our focus on building a world-class sustainability and natural capital capability offers our clients a pathway to integrate ecological and social outcomes with economic progress. Integrating commercial and non-financial returns across businesses, partnerships and supply chains, underpins a long-term view that de-risks commercial organisations and governments alike.
In the context of regional and remote settings, our sustainability and natural capital capabilities extend from designing and delivering regional-scale conservation activities, to incorporating sustainable finance and sustainability transformation roadmap and program design into commercial ventures.
Carbon footprint analysis and reduction strategies provide specific, actionable insights to lower greenhouse gas emissions, and supply chain sustainability audits reinforce these efforts by ensuring responsible sourcing and ethical practices across operations. Sustainability reporting and disclosure then capture and communicate progress transparently, building trust with stakeholders and demonstrating commitment to long-term environmental goals.
Collectively, our integrated capabilities empower organisations to integrate sustainability into core operations. The approach protects natural assets and sustains business operations while incorporating a competitive advantage in a market that increasingly values social and environmental outcomes.
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Sustainability and Environment
Lifecycle Assessment (LCA), supply chain sustainability, natural capital accounting, climate risk analysis, mitigation and adaptation.
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Social and Economic Impact
Social and economic impact assessment, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning (MERL) and framework design.
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Monitoring and Data Analytics
Spatial analytics and GIS, graph data modelling, modelling and simulation, data analysis, place-based information systems.
Case Study: Towards net zero for Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry
In the context of a global net zero transition, agriculture, fisheries and forestry is considered a difficult to abate sector. AgriFutures Australia engaged Acclimate Partners to assess the pathways available to the reduce the sector’s dependency on mineral diesel fuel – its primary source of energy and contributor to the sector’s emissions. In developing recommendations, we engaged broadly across stakeholders spanning producers, investors, policy makers, fuel suppliers, alternative energy companies, global equipment and machinery manufacturers, and research organisations.
Acclimate Partners produced the report, The Diesel Transition: Petroleum diesel alternatives for the Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector, which recommended practical steps for a sector-scale transition. We were subsequently engaged to lead the development of the national diesel transition plan, advancing our research further and building practical place-based transition approaches to suit Australia’s diverse regional areas, farming systems, and community aspirations.
Read our report here.
Case study: Balancing environmental and economic interests in one of the world’s largest natural capital assets
The Lake Eyre Basin is of conservation significance on a world scale. It is one of the last water catchments around the globe to flow without interruption. Threats to the Basin and its waterways are from land-uses, pest plants and animals, and development.
The Australian Government engaged Alluvium Consulting and Acclimate Partners to develop the Lake Eyre Basin (LEB) strategic plan and governance arrangements. The plan establishes cross-border coordination for policy and program implementation, business investment, and the sustainability of the natural asset.
Engaging with key stakeholders, Acclimate Partners structured the strategy and conducted a review to align and integrate objectives of all Commonwealth and State Government strategies applicable to the environment and social context of the basin. We established governance for management of the natural asset in the context of a whole of government reform that impacted inter-governmental arrangements affecting how cross-border disputes could be managed.
The work drew on Acclimate Partners’ Placelink® methodology to enable greater harmonisation of public sector resources focused on the Lake Eyre Basin, maximising the impact of multiple programs and initiatives across the Basin jurisdictions and local government areas.
Managing intergovernmental agreement across four States and Territories required a robust approach to governance. The governance design developed by Acclimate Partners included options and a recommended model that fit the machinery of government changes following the COAG reforms and Conran Review.
As a result, communities and governments committed to collaborative, cross-border management of the LEB in response to threats to its waterways from certain land-uses, pest plants and animals, and development.
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