NSW Climate and Energy Action

Supporting your business to decarbonise

Making it easier for NSW businesses to accelerate their shift to net zero.

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Decarbonising your business can help you achieve long-term benefits, including:  

  • saving money on your energy bills by reducing energy consumption
  • improving operations and productivity while understanding your current carbon emissions impact
  • securing your brand's future and attracting investments
  • becoming a catalyst for change through emissions reduction to help protect our planet for future generations.  

The NSW Government is committed to supporting businesses to decarbonise. We’re investing $22 million to help businesses make simple low-cost improvements and take practical steps to accelerate the shift towards net zero emissions.

This funding is part of the NSW Net Zero Plan Stage 1: 2020-2030 to reduce emissions by 70% by 2035 and achieve net zero by 2050.

Infographic of the Business Decarbonisation Program benefits, these are: get subsidised technical advice, reduce your emissions, be competitive in the global transition to net zero, accelerate your net zero planning, electrify your heating system, access financial support, understand your business energy use and lower your energy costs

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We’re here to support you throughout your entire decarbonisation journey. Learn more about some of our recent offers below. Keep an eye out for more opportunities in the near future. 

Developing a net zero plan and taking action can help you improve your competitiveness in the global transition to net zero. Use our Net Zero Business Guide to strategically plan and implement actions towards achieving net zero emissions.

Net Zero Planning Grant

This grant is now closed. 

The Net Zero Planning Grant provided businesses up to $30,000 in funding to cover up to 75% of the cost to strategically plan and progress their path to net zero. 

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Net Zero Pathways pilot  

Since 2021, we’ve worked with over 50 organisations and multiple service providers to develop net zero plans as part of Net Zero Pathways pilot. See how McPhersons benefited by participating in the pilot.  

For more information, read the NSW Net Zero Pathways pilot - lessons learned and next steps

Metering and monitoring grants

These grants are now closed. 

We provided support across different stages of the energy metering and monitoring journey - from installing a small number of submeters, to undertaking comprehensive metering and monitoring upgrades, to analysing metering data to inform data-driven energy performance improvements. 

  • Submetering Grant, provided up to $20,000, covering 50% of project costs to install permanent energy submeters
  • Metering Plan Implementation Grant, provided $20,001 to $100,000, covering 50% of project costs to support comprehensive metering upgrades, informed by metering and monitoring plans
  • Energy Performance Services Grant, provided up to $50,000, covering 50% of project costs to analyse metering data to inform data-driven energy performance measures.

Explore our resources and case studies

Having robust energy data will empower your business to make informed, long-term investment decisions. Energy metering and monitoring systems can help you reduce your energy costs by 5 to 15%. To find out about how Tip Top installed submeters and reduced their energy consumption, watch our case study.

Heat Pump Feasibility Grant

This grant is now closed. 

We provided eligible NSW businesses a unique opportunity to secure up to $30,000 in funding, covering up to 75% of the project costs, to assess whether a heat pump was the right fit for their business.

Heat pumps are emerging as a key solution to electrifying heating systems, which is essential to decarbonising our economy. They can help you reduce emissions, energy costs and reliance on inefficient technologies.

View our heat pump case studies

Working with businesses across a wide range of sectors and topics has enabled us to develop a suite of practical guidance, case studies, and other resources. Explore our: 

These resources are all shaped by the lessons learned from our program participants. 

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