Doing renewables right

Building long-term relationships and trust with communities is key to the growth of renewables in Australia. We provide (and update as required) best practice guidelines for community engagement and benefit sharing. We also convene a Community Engagement and Social Licence Working Group, where industry professionals can stay on top of emerging issues and upskill each other.

If the transition to clean energy is to be a just transition, the industry needs to build meaningful, mutually beneficial relationships with the Traditional Owners of the lands on which many renewable energy projects will be built. 

That's why we developed the first comprehensive national guide on meaningful engagement, consent, participation and benefit-sharing with First Nations peoples on renewable energy projects.

We are committed to improving health and safety standards, reducing waste and addressing modern slavery in clean energy supply chains. We do this by developing a culture of awareness and information sharing and holding regular meetings and conferences with industry and regulators. We also provide resources and guides for industry to address modern slavery in their supply chains.

Renewables don't take up much land: just two percent of Australia's landmass would be needed to create 27 times its current electricity use. 

Yet, it's important to choose the best locations to minimise environmental impacts. 

We have developed best practice guidelines for industry to help reduce environmental and biodiversity impacts, while ensuring renewables can be rolled out quickly to tackle the greatest ecological threat we face: climate change.