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Corporate engagement guide: Addressing deforestation in Australia

Australian Conservation Foundation
This corporate engagement guide provides institutional investors with a step-by-step pathway to address deforestation within Australia's largest listed supermarkets and banks. It evaluates the current progress of major companies and offers actionable guidance to implement robust deforestation-free commitments, safeguard financial stability, and mitigate systemic economic risks.
Research
19 May 2026

Off the books: Inside Australia's hidden system of migrant worker exploitation

Migrant Justice Institute (MJI)
This report analyses the systemic underpayment of temporary migrant workers in Australia. Surveying almost 10,000 individuals, it reveals two-thirds receive less than their legal entitlements. Employers frequently utilise insecure structures, such as misclassified independent contracting and casual work, to evade their responsibilities under the Fair Work Act.
Research
6 May 2026

Migrant Justice Institute (MJI)

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Migrant Justice Institute (MJI) is an Australian research and advocacy organisation focused on migrant worker rights, labour exploitation and wage theft. It conducts legal and policy research on migration, workplace justice and supply-chain accountability, supporting evidence-based reform and helping organisations address human rights, modern slavery and ESG-related labour risks.
Organisation
2 research items

Energy security through freight electrification: A rapid response briefing note on policy options for responding to the global fuel crisis

Energy Futures Foundation
This briefing note outlines policy options to enhance Australia's fuel security through freight electrification. It recommends a phased, five-year, $3 billion programme to deploy up to 50,000 battery electric trucks, displacing one billion litres of diesel annually while leveraging private capital and implementing structural reforms.
Research
9 April 2026

Energy Futures Foundation

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Energy Futures Foundation is an Australian non-profit organisation focused on accelerating the country’s clean energy transition. It produces evidence-based policy research and advocacy on freight electrification, distributed energy, carbon accountability and circular supply chains. Energy Futures Foundation supports affordable, low-emissions transport and energy systems through publications, collaboration and policy engagement.
Organisation
1 research item

The case for pricing pollution: Reducing emissions, strengthening the economy, and delivering a fair share for Australians

The Superpower Institute
The report argues Australia should introduce a Polluter Pays Levy and Fair Share Levy to cut emissions, raise revenue, compensate households, improve productivity, and secure fairer returns from fossil fuel resources.
Research
1 January 2026

The Superpower Institute

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Superpower Institute is an Australian not-for-profit think tank focused on climate policy, renewable energy and green exports. Founded in 2023, it conducts research and develops policy frameworks to support a zero-carbon economy, helping Australia become a leading exporter of green industrial products and energy in the global energy transition.
Organisation
2 research items

A director’s guide to mandatory climate reporting: Version 2

Australian Institute of Company Directors
Provides guidance for directors on Australia’s mandatory climate reporting regime, outlining regulatory requirements, governance expectations, and disclosure obligations under AASB S2. Explains implementation timelines, assurance pathways, and practical steps to manage climate-related risks, opportunities, and reporting processes within corporate reporting frameworks.
Research
24 September 2024

Our Watch: Change the story and key frameworks

Our Watch
Change the Story is an evidence-based national framework developed by Our Watch to guide the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia. It examines social, economic and cultural drivers of gender inequality and outlines coordinated actions across institutions and communities to address these underlying causes.
Research

Our Watch

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Our Watch is an Australian not-for-profit organisation leading primary prevention of violence against women and children. It promotes gender equality through research, frameworks, education and workplace programmes. Initiatives such as “Change the Story” support policy and practice change, helping organisations address drivers of gender-based violence across communities, workplaces and institutions.
Organisation
1 research item

Sectoral roadmaps as the backbone of transition planning: Linking NDCs, finance and the real economy

United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Sectoral roadmaps translate national climate targets into sector-specific decarbonisation pathways, guiding policy, investment and corporate transition plans. They align real-economy activity with finance, reduce uncertainty, and support risk assessment and capital allocation, strengthening the credibility and implementation of whole-economy transition planning.
Research
16 April 2026

Finding Nature

Other
Finding Nature is an Australia-based sustainability and ESG community supporting professionals and organisations through expert programs, events and podcasts. It fosters connection, knowledge-sharing and practical action to address climate, social and environmental challenges, helping participants build capability, drive culture change and achieve meaningful sustainability impact.
Organisation

Implications of the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change for directors’ duties in relation to climate-related risks

Examines how the ICJ’s climate advisory opinion may elevate climate-related risks and regulatory pressures, increasing directors’ duty of care. Highlights litigation, disclosure, and transition risks, particularly for emissions-intensive sectors, and emphasises informed decision-making and accurate reporting to mitigate liability.
Research
20 April 2026

Forever wild series

Forever Wild
This series outlines the Forever Wild Initiative’s approach to financing and managing large-scale wilderness landscapes through blended capital models, community co-design, and nature-based enterprises. It documents the development of equitable nature finance structures that integrate conservation, economic activity, and social outcomes across landscapes.
Benchmark/series
27 August 2025

Forever Wild

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Forever Wild is an Australian initiative focused on protecting large wilderness landscapes through nature finance and community-based solutions. It develops investment models that support biodiversity, Indigenous communities and sustainable livelihoods, while promoting conservation, climate action and nature-based enterprise across globally significant ecosystems.
Organisation
1 research item

Framing and language for effective climate conversations

Altiorem
Guide outlines how framing and language influence climate engagement, especially among ‘middle ground’ audiences. It emphasises aligning messages with shared values, avoiding polarising or technical language, and using practical, relatable framing to build support for emissions reduction and climate action.
Research
11 June 2024
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