In Australia, the pendulum is swinging from voluntary action back towards mandatory action. This has everything to do with the 2024 amendments to the Corporations Act that mandate climate-related financial disclosures. As more entities are captured by these rules each year, the ESG conversation is shifting fast.

As 2025 wraps up, it’s hard to miss the global sustainability plot twists, shifting political positions, trade tensions, tariff chatter… the list goes on. But while politicians debate, revise, and occasionally reverse, one thing has become crystal clear:  Businesses aren’t waiting. They’re getting on with it. 

Sustainability and climate risk aren’t “nice to have” anymore; they’re business fundamentals. Organisations across every sector are now expected to understand their climate-related risks, respond to regulation and weave ESG into everyday decision-making.  One qualification that genuinely enables this capability is the GARP Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR®) Certification.