Coal Australia

Sector

Metals & Mining

Headquarters

Australia

Official Website

coalaustralia.com

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.

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InfluenceMap Score for Climate Policy Engagement

F

Performance Band

16%

Organization Score

7%

Engagement Intensity

Primary Evidence

All primary evidence used to inform the analysis of Coal Australia can be found in the two tabs below below. In the first tab, hyperlinks in each cell of the matrix provide access to evidence collected on Coal Australia's direct policy engagement activities. The second tab provides a record of any links between Coal Australia and the Industry Associations stored in the LobbyMap database.

DATA SOURCES
QUERIES
Main Web Site

Main Web Site

Corporate Media

Corporate Media

CDP Responses

CDP Responses

Direct Consultation with Governments

Direct Consultation with Governments

Media Reports

Media Reports

CEO Messaging

CEO Messaging

Financial Disclosures

Financial Disclosures

Communication of Climate Science

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Alignment with IPCC on Climate Action

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Supporting the Need for Regulations

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Support of UN Climate Process

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Transparency on Legislation

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Carbon Tax

NSNSNSNSNSNSNS

Emissions Trading

NSNSNSNSNSNSNS

Energy and Resource Efficiency

NSNSNSNSNSNSNS

Renewable Energy

NSNSNSNSNS-1NS

Energy Transition & Zero Carbon Technologies

-2-2NS-2NS-2NS

GHG Emission Regulation

NSNSNSNSNSNSNS

Disclosure on Relationships

0NSNSNSNSNSNS

Land Use

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