Where we invest

Manufacturing

From food processors to building materials producers, Australia’s manufacturers have a wide range of energy needs that can be addressed through cleaner energy

– and the benefits can go well beyond energy and emissions savings, delivering lower maintenance costs, improved equipment life expectancy, reduced water consumption and improved site conditions.

Manufacturing is vital to the Australian economy, contributing around $100 billion to gross domestic product each year, and supporting nearly 900,000 jobs.

CEFC research has identified a range of practical and proven strategies to deliver energy and cost savings across manufacturing operations. In addition to direct investments, we finance clean energy equipment upgrades and renewable energy installations in the manufacturing sector through our tailored asset finance programs.

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Manufacturing and clean energy

$358b industry

Manufacturing is vital to the Australian economy, contributing more than $100 billion to gross domestic product each year, and supporting more than 900,000 jobs.

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Clean energy and asset finance

The CEFC is helping Australian businesses, manufacturers, commercial property owners and the farming sector take advantage of the latest clean energy technologies to accelerate their transition to a low emissions, sustainable future.

Case study

Visy lifts recycling capacity

Visy has pledged to invest $2 billion in Australian manufacturing to create jobs, increase efficiencies and boost sustainability. We are pleased to partner with the CEFC to help us make good on a part of that pledge.
Anthony Pratt
Chairman, Visy

Reducing embodied carbon in construction

We want to be part of the solution in reducing carbon emissions in Australia and the best way to achieve our goal is by finding synergies between our developments and new green technologies and construction methods. We are pleased with the long-term support of the CEFC as it will help make the Roe Highway Logistics Park a showpiece that can inform other similar developments across Australia.
Ben Lisle
Managing Director, Hesperia

WA project to provide supply chain resources for battery storage

The increasing uptake of electric vehicles that use lithium ion batteries, and the growth in energy storage solutions requiring lithium supplies is driving worldwide growth in demand for lithium. Lithium is also an important component of Australia’s future energy mix. Residential and commercial scale battery storage systems are helping increase the penetration of renewable energy, while electric vehicles will be critical to the decarbonisation of our transport sector.
Rob Wilson
Head of Resources, CEFC