SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS SUMMIT
KEY FACTS
Agents of change
The event had 500 participants and speakers attending, coming from a broad range of private, global and government organisations
Approx. 250 trees
will be planted including a donation from ZEN for The Forktree Project from each vote. These trees will absorb 41,000+ kgs of carbon dioxide (CO2)
1.5°C commitment
According to the voters, Australia should show leadership by ensuring our targets are in line with a
1.5°C emissions trajectory
DOWNLOAD OUR SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS SUMMIT WHITE PAPER
Australia’s Sustainability Leaders have their say. Download our White Paper to see the voting process and results. Together, we are leading communities into the zero-carbon world.
OUR SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS WHITE PAPER
ZEN Energy invited attendees at the Sustainability Leaders Summit in Australia in March 2023 to cast their votes across a range of six actions that Australia could take to improve our chances of meeting our carbon emissions reduction targets.
Issues voted on:
- Increase the Renewable Energy Target (RET) to 82% renewables by 2030
- It’s time to develop a domestic manufacturing capacity for solar, wind, and batteries
- Australia should commit to a 1.5°C science-based emissions trajectory
- We need a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
- We must support, at all levels, the development of our green hydrogen industry
- Now is the time to impose a light vehicle emission standard
For every vote that was cast, ZEN Energy committed a tree to be planted by The Forktree Project in South Australia. The Forktree Project is a registered charity whose goal is to return a degraded 133 acre former pastoral property in South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula back to nature.
ZEN has committed to plant 250 trees as a result of the Sustainability Leaders Summit.
We will keep working consistently on its purpose of leading communities into the zero-carbon world.
ZEN Energy CEO
Anthony Garnaut
My argument is that voluntary action has been remarkably successful recently at kick-starting positive change, but to finish the job we need our government to mandate further action…There’s a simple solution here, which is to embrace mandatory targets. Don’t shut down the market for renewable certificates and ramp up the Renewable Energy Target to 82% by 2030. The business case then stacks up, technology and capital get to work, and we get to 43% by 2030, or thereabouts.
