The Hunter’s sustainable business network

Sustainability has become a ‘must’ in industry and business. Our Environment & Sustainability (E&S) cluster was set up in 2018 when it was noted that the membership of environmentally-centric organisations within HunterNet started growing.

Our sustainable business network offers support and facilitation, including mindset shift. Bioengineering, sustainability, renewable energy and circular economy industry are part of our day-to-day focus areas. We’re also part of NSW EPA’s Bin Trim program.

Our E&S cluster goals

• Showcase emerging project opportunities in the E&S sectors so that members can pursue collaborations
• Share knowledge and insights on trends and horizon changes in E&S so that members can position themselves for future relevance
• Promote member capabilities to industry sector primes
• Develop working groups engaged in supply chain participation projects
• Engage new and existing E&S providers and members

Our E&S cluster participants

Attend our upcoming E&S events

To facilitate our work, we hold a range of events including forums – which include a presentation, a review of major project opportunities, and networking – as well as dinners, awards nights and conferences.

Our E&S cluster at work

Hydrogen and offshore legislation passed

We provided submissions to Federal and State parliamentary inquiries into Hydrogen Economy and new bills into offshore energy legislation. The Federal Offshore Bills have since been passed into legislation.

Support for the NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hubs

We provided various letters of support to collaborations in submissions for the NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hubs the NSW Decarbonisation Roadmaps EOI.

Creation of the Hunter Hydrogen Technology Cluster

We partnered with various Hunter organisations as an active participant in the creation of the Hunter Hydrogen Technology Cluster. We also chair the NewH2’s Governance Committee.