Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Coal Australia was launched in August 2024
Climate Change Policy Overview: Coal Australia is negatively engaged on climate change policy. While InfluenceMap has found limited transparent engagement of the association with specific climate-related policies in Australia, it adopts negative positions on the energy transition, consistently promoting a prolonged role for coal in the energy mix.
Top-Line Messaging on Climate Policy: InfluenceMap has found no evidence of top-line messaging on climate policy by Coal Australia.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policy: InfluenceMap has found limited evidence of transparent engagement with specific climate policies by Coal Australia. However, in a December 2024 news article on the Daily Telegraph, the Executive Chairman of Coal Australia, Nick Jorss, appeared to oppose Australia’s Capacity Investment Scheme, stating that it is “an affront to all Australian’s who are struggling to pay their bills” while claiming that the renewables sector is driving up electricity prices.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Coal Australia adopts negative positions on the energy transition, emphasizing concerns around the transition towards renewables while advocating a prolonged role for coal in Australia’s energy mix. In a December 2024 news article on the Australian Business Review, for example, Coal Australia CEO Stuart Bocking highlighted that Australia’s coal industry will remain vital to the country’s economic prosperity, stating that “we have to understand how important coal is.” In addition, Stuart Bocking appeared to favor a prolonged role for coal in Australia’s energy mix over measures to transition to renewables in a December 2024 interview on 4BC Breakfast Brisbane, stating that “renewables are nowhere near where they will need to be.” Similarly, the Executive Chairman of Coal Australia, Nick Jorss, claimed that the accelerated retirement of coal power stations has been a “disaster for Australia’s energy costs and reliability” in a December 2024 news article on the Daily Telegraph.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a regular basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). Due to the limited engagement detected by InfluenceMap on climate policy from this industry association, the analysis informing the association's scores and summary is updated periodically. This assessment was last updated in Q1 2025.