Practice area
Environmental Regulatory Monitoring.
Clean Energy Regulator, DCCEEW, EPA, and AER coverage for climate reporting, carbon markets, and environmental compliance obligations.
Sources we monitor
- Clean Energy Regulator — ERF, NGER, RET scheme updates
- DCCEEW — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- AER — Australian Energy Regulator (electricity and gas markets)
- State EPAs (NSW, VIC, QLD) — prosecutions and licence conditions
- Federal Court of Australia — environmental judgments
Topics covered
- Mandatory climate reporting (Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2024)
- Safeguard Mechanism reforms and baseline adjustments
- ACCU methodology updates (human-induced regeneration, soil carbon)
- Nature Repair Market
- EPBC Act reform and environmental approvals
- Energy market retail code changes
Recent developments we've surfaced
Representative sample
A selection of items classified into the environmental cluster over the last year — the sort of development your weekly digest would have flagged.
- 1 Jan 2025AASB / ASICMandatory climate-related financial disclosures commence — AASB S2 first-reporting-year guidance
- 2 Sept 2025Clean Energy RegulatorSafeguard Mechanism — revised facility baselines published for 2025–26 compliance year
- 20 Nov 2025DCCEEWNature Repair Market — first approved method determinations published
Items shown are a curated sample of public regulator releases. Real digests are classified against your firm's practice profile and delivered weekly.
Frequently asked questions
Do you cover climate disclosure requirements?
Yes — Treasury's mandatory climate reporting framework is tracked, including AASB S2 Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards and ASIC's guidance on Scope 3 disclosures.
What about state-level environmental laws?
NSW, VIC, and QLD EPA coverage is on the roadmap (Q3 2026). For now we monitor federal environment law and commonwealth scheme regulators.
Are ACCU methodology updates tracked?
Yes. All Clean Energy Regulator method variations, determinations, and methodology consultations are classified against the carbon-markets cluster.
Is the Nature Repair Market in scope?
Yes — method determinations and market integrity rules published by DCCEEW and the Clean Energy Regulator are monitored as they are released.
How are state EPA prosecutions surfaced?
Currently as a roadmap item. If it's a priority for your firm, let us know during onboarding and we'll prioritise your jurisdictions.
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