SUSTAINABILITY
At CleanCo, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to creating a cleaner, greener future for Queensland by delivering lower-emission energy solutions that support communities, protect nature, and build resilience in the face of climate change.
To ensure our efforts are focused where it matters most, we undertook a comprehensive sustainability materiality assessment. This process helped us identify the key environmental, social, and governance issues that are most relevant to our business and stakeholders.
Our Priority Sustainability Areas
CleanCo recognises that Australia’s First Nations People have wide-ranging aspirations for their community and their Country, and we seek to support these in a meaningful and respectful way. The opportunities presented by the energy transformation are far-reaching and will be long-lasting. We are committed to working with communities to carve a path through the transformation that fosters understanding and inclusivity, creating a sustainable and prosperous future for all.
Our reconciliation activities have to date primarily been focused on engaging with Traditional Owners where our energy assets and developments are located. As we establish relationships with Traditional Owners in our host communities, we aim to build future partnerships, strategies, and activities.
CleanCo has developed an Innovate Reflect Reconciliation Plan (RAP), effective from 1 May 2026, which builds on expands on our Reflect RAP. The Innovate RAP will guide our actions over the next two years and help us turn our commitment into meaningful, practical action. Our focus will be on building stronger partnerships, deepening engagement and continuing to strengthen inclusion across our organisation.
Access CleanCo’s Innovate RAP.
We strive to tread as lightly as possible by minimising waste and reusing materials where possible. We also look for opportunities to share surplus materials with our host communities so these materials can continue to have a life beyond CleanCo.
We strive to incorporate circularity ‘thinking’ within our business operations, from project conception through to implementation. As part of our focus on circularity, we are establishing a waste baseline across our operational sites to help inform future targets and metrics.
Our assets are situated in dramatically different landscapes, from the dry scherophyll eucalyptus forests in south east Queensland where our Swanbank and Wivenhoe sites are located, to the majestic wet tropics and World Heritage Areas of Far North Queensland, the base of our Barron Gorge and Kareeya Power Stations.
CleanCo is committed to meeting the strict environmental standards that allow us to generate renewable and lower emission energy in these areas.
CleanCo’s procurement framework and procedures align with the Queensland Government’s Queensland Procurement Policy.
In order to support the creation of new investment and jobs in regional Queensland, we encourage and support local industries and small businesses to join us as suppliers, as well as First Nations businesses. Where possible, we seek to engage with suppliers who align with our economic, environmental and social aspirations.
