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12th May 2026
Submission: SBTi Automotive Net-Zero Standard Consultation
ACCR responded to questions in the SBTi Automotive Sector Net-Zero Standard consultation survey.
Read More13th August 2024
Submission: 2025 IASR Scenarios Consultation Paper
The urgency required to address climate change and meet international commitments means it is essential that AEMO uses the most current and scientifically accurate data to inform its scenarios.
Read More14th November 2023
Submission: Future Gas Strategy
Gas, and with it LNG, will play a diminishing role in Australia’s and the world’s net-zero transformation.
Read More24th October 2023
Submission: Roadmap to establish an Australian decommissioning industry for offshore oil and gas
As the fledgling Australian decommissioning industry evolves, it is critically important that operators are transparent about their short, medium and long term plans for decommissioning.
Read More18th September 2023
Submission: Modelling Australian emissions reduction pathways
Reducing investment risk will have an impact on investment opportunities in other parts of the economy.
Read More21st July 2023
Submission: Climate-related financial disclosure (second response)
Implementation of a rigorous, comparable, and consistent climate disclosure scheme, applicable to listed and non-listed entities, will support Australia to achieve its climate goals.
Read More8th June 2023
Submission: Greenwashing Inquiry
While investor, media and public scrutiny can help deter companies from engaging in 'greenwashing', a strong legislative and regulatory framework is also critical.
Read More20th April 2023
Submission: Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum
The Voice has the potential to contribute substantially to improving social harmony in this country. A stable and predictable operating environment is essential to the functioning of business.
Read More24th February 2023
Submission: Environmental Claims Code
The environmental claims code and process for assessing advertising has, for the most part, not successfully identified or prevented misleading claims in Australia.
Read More17th February 2023
Submission: Climate-related financial disclosure
Climate-related disclosures should be rigorous, comparable and consistent, allowing investors and other important actors to make meaningful assessments of a company's position.
Read More23rd September 2022
Submission: WA EPA's Draft Environmental Factor Guideline - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
It fails to sufficiently address scope 3 emissions, and is too permissive of scope 1 emissions and the use of offsets.
Read More20th September 2022
Submission: Safeguard mechanism
An opportunity to drive industrial decarbonisation in Australia. A response to the DCCEEW Consultation paper, 2022.
Read More21st July 2022
Submission: Appeal against the North West Shelf Extension
ACCR is appealing the WA EPA’s approval recommendation for the North West Shelf (NWS) Extension Environmental Review Document.
Read More5th August 2021
Submission: Clean Energy Regulator
A submission by ACCR in response to the proposed new carbon capture and storage method under the Emissions Reduction Fund.
Read More16th July 2021
Submission: Senate Standing Committees on Economics
A submission by ACCR to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Amendment (Ending Jobkeeper Profiteering) Bill 2021 Inquiry.
Read More4th May 2021
Submission: Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth
A submission by ACCR and Ethical Partners Funds Management to the inquiry into the prudential regulation of investment in Australia’s export industries.
Read More31st March 2021
Submission: Senate Select Committee on Job Security
ACCR's submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security analyses the dynamics, trends and impacts associated with this “fissuring” of the Australian workplace, highlighting the risks for workers, companies and investors.
Read More10th August 2020
Submission: Independent Planning Commission of NSW consideration of Narrabri Gas Project
The Narrabri project will imperil Australia’s commitments to the Paris Agreement and will also likely see the high cost of production create a stranded asset before the reserves are exhausted.
Read More31st July 2020
Submission: Parliamentary Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge
Submission by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia, Parliamentary Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Read More27th July 2020
Submission: Review of Victoria’s Private Security Industry
ACCR's submission to the Victorian government's inquiry into the private security industry focuses on how the dominant employment model in the security industry - namely complex labour hire and subcontracting arrangements - has led to a culture of non-compliance and endemic failure to properly apply workplace laws and instruments.
Read More5th March 2020
Submission: OECD Review of Country-by-Country Reporting
ACCR has commented on the review of the OECD’s Country-by-Country Reporting (BEPS Action 13) framework. The review is an opportunity to make significant improvements to the integrity of national and international tax systems.
Read More12th February 2020
Submission: Unlawful underpayment of Employees' Remuneration Inquiry
ACCR and LUCRF Super have published a joint submission to the Inquiry on the Unlawful Underpayment of Employee’s Remuneration. ACCR and LUCRF Super support regulatory changes that would facilitate the uptake of multi-stakeholder arrangements involving suppliers, lead companies, workers and worker representatives, to mitigate modern slavery, underpayments, and other labour risks.
Read More12th June 2019
Submission: Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety: Workforce Submissions
ACCR and Ethical Partners provided input on the discussion regarding the Aged Care workforce and on how to ensure service providers develop a culture of strong governance and workforce leadership. We believe that a considerable change in the business model, transparency and disclosure, staffing, training, monitoring and codes of conduct in this sector is required in order to consider future investment in the sector.
Read More1st June 2019
Submission: The regulation of lobbying access and influence in NSW (‘Operation Eclipse’)
A large part of ACCR’s work involves scrutinising the lobbying activities of Australian listed companies, as well as the industry associations that represent listed companies on various issues. ACCR has made a submission to The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)'s inquiry into Lobbying conduct and regulation in NSW.
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