Infrastructure
Australia’s infrastructure sector, including key economic, transport and social assets, accounts for a substantial portion of national greenhouse gas emissions.
The CEFC is investing across the sector to influence clean energy standards for social and economic infrastructure assets, as well as transport and electricity. Infrastructure assets are often long-lived and provide critical services for modern societies. These assets offer significant potential for emissions abatement. Improvements made to existing asset operations or efficiencies implemented at design and construction stages provide ongoing benefits.
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Infrastructure Net Zero
The CEFC is a founding member of the Infrastructure Net Zero initiative, working with Australia’s private sector and government agencies to co-ordinate and report on Australian infrastructure’s pathway to net zero. Infrastructure delivers critical services across our economy and underpins our energy, transport, water, waste, data and telecommunication systems.
Getting the balance right: data centre growth and the energy transition
December 2025
The CEFC commissioned Baringa to develop a comprehensive view of the energy implications of Australia’s data centre pipeline to help guide decision-making for policymakers, investors and industry. Getting the balance right: data centre growth and the energy transition explores the opportunity and challenges of Australia’s data centre boom.
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Defining net zero for Australian infrastructure
Infrastructure Net Zero and the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council have developed a report that defines net zero infrastructure and calls for a unified approach to enable meaningful progress towards net zero emissions.
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Investment giants collaborate for greener infrastructure
Our Green Files article explores how IFM Investors and QIC have recognised the power of working together to source renewable energy to power their largest infrastructure assets.
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Australian infrastructure in the race to net zero
The CEFC works with some of Australia’s leading funds to decarbonise major infrastructure assets and influence clean energy standards for social, economic, transport and electricity infrastructure assets.
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