The Australian Government established Clean Business Australia as a partnership with Australian business and industry for tackling climate change. Clean Business Australia will support a range of activities aimed at improving our energy and water efficiency and increasing sustainability, with a focus on productivity and innovation.
There are three elements to Clean Business Australia:
- Climate Ready which supports small and medium sized Australian businesses to undertake research and development, proof of concept and early stage commercialisation projects, in order to develop new technologies and services responding to climate change.
- Re-tooling for Climate Change which supports small and medium sized Australian manufacturers to reduce their environmental footprint, by improving the energy and/or water efficiency of one or more production processes.
- Green Building Fund which supports owners of existing commercial office buildings to reduce their energy consumption and green house gas emissions. Support is also available for relevant industry organisations to develop industry capability in order to reduce emissions.
For each program, applicants compete for limited grant funds, based on the merit of their application.