Projects | Interconnected Actions
Interconnected Actions: Climate | Equity | Nature
At BCSD Australia, our projects help members turn ambition into action across the three global imperatives of Climate, Nature, and Equity. Guided by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Action Program, we provide the tools, insights, and collaborative platforms that Australian businesses need to lead a net-zero, nature-positive, and equitable transition.
🌏 Climate Action
Our Approach:
We support members to decarbonise across operations and value chains, addressing the Scope 3 challenge, advancing credible transition plans, and building climate resilience.
Our Methodology:
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Apply global best practice from the WBCSD Climate Action Imperative.
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Use data, metrics, and methodologies such as the GHG Protocol and SBTi frameworks.
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Build resilience strategies that integrate adaptation, finance, and supply-chain risk management
Our Actions:
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The Climate Drive – digital “how-to” platform for supplier decarbonisation and Scope 3 engagement.
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Climate Catalyst – peer networks for CSOs and Heads of Climate to accelerate implementation.
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Scope 3 Solutions – collaboration through the PACT program to improve product-level carbon data exchange.
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Resilience & Adaptation – joint workstreams on climate risk and just transition, ensuring Australian businesses are prepared for disruption
🌿 Nature Action
Our Approach:
We help members embed nature-positive strategies into corporate decision-making and disclose dependencies, risks, and impacts in line with global frameworks (TNFD, SBTN).
Our Methodology:
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Apply structured Roadmaps to Nature Positive by sector.
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Use the Nature Metrics Portal to identify and align key metrics for strategy, disclosure, and reporting.
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Integrate water stewardship, biodiversity, and nature-based solutions into corporate planning
Our Actions:
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Nature Maturity Assessments – benchmarking where companies are on their nature journey.
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Roadmaps to Nature Positive – sector guidance for chemicals, pharmaceuticals, agri-food, and energy.
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Nature-based Solutions – evidence and metrics to integrate NbS into strategies, climate action, and equity outcomes.
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TNFD Preparer Forums – Australian contribution to shaping credible nature-related disclosures
🤝 Equity Action
Our Approach:
Equity is integral to sustainable business. We support members in placing people-positive outcomes at the core of strategies, value chains, and disclosure.
Our Methodology:
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Elevate equity as a board-level agenda through the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI).
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Develop metrics and frameworks aligned with the emerging Taskforce for Inequality-related and Social Financial Disclosures (TISFD).
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Create peer platforms for exchange on DE&I, human rights, living wages, and just transition.
Our Actions:
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Human Rights Due Diligence – leading approaches and tools to strengthen corporate accountability.
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Living Wages & Incomes – harmonised definitions, disclosure methodologies, and advocacy.
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Just Transition – shared strategies with industry and government to ensure no one is left behind in the net-zero shift.
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Workforce Transition & Green Jobs – practical strategies for workforce evolution in energy, transport, and industrial sectors
✅ Our Promise to Members
By integrating Climate, Nature, and Equity actions, BCSD Australia enables members to:
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Apply global tools and metrics in the Australian context.
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Benchmark progress against international peers.
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Collaborate across industries and value chains for systemic change.
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Turn complex sustainability challenges into practical steps for transformation.