11th July 2025
The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the NSW Net Zero Commission’s 2025 Consultation Paper. We commend the Commission’s role in strengthening accountability, transparency and ambition in NSW’s decarbonisation journey.
This submission focuses on the energy and built environment sectors of the consultation paper, and draws on ASBEC’s February 2025 response to the Commission’s 2024 Annual Report and evidence presented by ASBEC Executive Director Alison Scotland at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the Net Zero Commission in March 2025.
The submission provides comments on 3 key areas of the proposed 2025 strategy:
- Accelerating Decarbonisation in the Energy Sector
- Driving Down Emissions in the Built Environment and its supply chain
- Strengthening the Role of the Commission
NSW is at a pivotal moment in its net zero transition. Both the built environment and energy sectors are key enablers of economy-wide decarbonisation and present significant opportunities for near-term emissions reductions and long-term resilience. With strong political will, clear targets, coordinated implementation, and investment in enabling infrastructure and policy reform, NSW can lead the nation in demonstrating how to deliver net zero with integrity, equity and impact.
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