Australia’s infrastructure sector is uniting the accelerate its journey to net zero, tacking the challenge of decarbonising the multibillion-dollar industry.

The newly formed Infrastructure Net Zero taskforce – a collaboration of government and industry bodies – has launched a consultation to start a conversation about how we translate the global net zero definitions into practice for the infrastructure sector in Australia, through a paper authored by Mott Macdonald.

Nicole Lockwood, Chair of Infrastructure Net Zero, which is hosted by the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council, says there needs to be a clear focus on the big task at hand.

“When we created Infrastructure Net Zero last year, our vision was to enable an effective, efficient, and collaborative transition to net zero for infrastructure,” Ms Lockwood said.

“Today, we are excited to take the first step on this journey with the launch of a consultation process to learn from global infrastructure standards like PAS 2080, and to ensure we translate that into clear, industry-wide definitions for net zero infrastructure in Australia.”

The consultation invites stakeholders to provide feedback on the proposed definitions to guide wide-scale adoption and action across the sector.

Read the media release.

Access the consultation paper.

Submit your feedback.