2025 Agenda

This in-depth masterclass is designed for mining and resources professionals preparing for Australia’s new mandatory climate-related disclosure regime under AASB S2. It provides a step-by-step guide to measuring your carbon footprint, developing robust accounting policies, assessing climate risks, and producing assurance-ready sustainability reports. 

Participants will learn how to align their reporting with the GHG Protocol, NGER Scheme, and Corporations Act requirements, ensuring data accuracy, regulatory compliance, and investor confidence. 

• Measuring your carbon footprint using the GHG Protocol 
  • Develop a Boundary Setting Policy 
  • Develop and implement a Basis of Preparation (i.e. carbon accounting methodology) 
  • Interaction between the GHG Protocol and NGER Scheme (i.e. uplift required re Scope 1 & 2) 
  • Collection of data and measurement of Scope 1, 2 and 3 
• Conducting a climate risk and opportunity assessment referring to both physical and transition risks 
• Conducting a scenario analysis, as required by the Corporations Act 2001 in Australia (i.e. two minimum mandated scenarios) 
• Financial modelling in relation to current and anticipated financial effects and scenarios used 
• How to assess materiality when preparing sustainability disclosures per AASB S2 
• How to draft and prepare your mandatory sustainability report

This masterclass offers mining professionals a comprehensive understanding of sustainability beyond emissions reduction. Participants will explore biodiversity management, water stewardship, and other environmental factors critical to responsible mining operations and long-term social licence.

Key Takeaways & Learning Outcomes:

• Aligning operational planning with broader sustainability and ESG frameworks
• Understanding biodiversity impacts and strategies for protection and restoration
• Water stewardship practices and integrating water management with sustainability goals
• Navigating community engagement and social licence related to environmental stewardship
• Practical tools for embedding biodiversity and sustainability considerations into mining projects

Participants will leave this masterclass with practical knowledge to advance their organisation’s sustainability agenda beyond carbon, supporting resilient, responsible, future-proof mining operations.

• Implementing missions reduction strategies & processes in an operating context
• Navigating infrastructure, policy and cost limitations
• Leveraging practical decarbonisation efforts at site level

• What can mid-tiers can learn from the majors?
• How can organisations navigate the capital, technical, and operational realities of mine decarbonisation?
• What strategies and processes work to solve energy intermittency and infrastructure gaps?
• What do stakeholders and regulators want to see & can organisations meet their expectations?

• Next generation of processing and refining technology for critical minerals 
• Scaling critical minerals technology from the lab to the field 
• How government funding can help to accelerate commercialisation 

• Embedding decarbonisation objectives early in project feasibility, design, and capital planning
• Avoiding stranded assets by aligning infrastructure, cost, and emissions outcomes from day one
• Lessons from cross-sector project delivery on scaling commercially viable low-carbon solutions

• How can organisations bridge the gap between pilots and operational deployment?
• How can we build effective collaboration models between miners, OEMs, CRCs, technology providers, and financiers?
• What strategies work to combine grants, corporate capital, and private finance for scalable decarbonisation initiatives?
• What lessons can we learn from structuring successful funding and delivery partnerships?

• Redesigning generation projects for solar, wind, and emerging technologies in remote and regional Australia 
• Updating design standards, project delivery methods, and stakeholder alignment for renewable integration 
• Building organisational capability to manage the shift from traditional diesel-based systems 

• Reducing diesel reliance while maintaining site resilience
• Optimising battery storage sizing and managing intermittency risks
• Integrating demand forecasting and data-driven energy management tools
• Lessons learned from recent Australian mining microgrid and battery deployments

• Examining electrification trends and their impact on power procurement
• Creating & embedding long term power procurement strategy to meet decarbonisation targets
• Balancing BTM power source and grid energy supply

• Embedding sustainability in processing plant design from the outset
• Innovations and strategies to reduce energy demand
• Balancing operational trade-offs and decarbonisation outcomes

• Upskilling trades and operators for electric, digital, and hybrid environments
• Addressing resistance and fostering buy-in
• Reskilling programs for electrification

• Unpacking what a just transition looks like in practice for mining regions facing structural and economic change
• Developing strategies for diversifying local economies and the evolving role of diesel and trades-based jobs
• Exploring proactive approaches to workforce transition, reskilling, and long-term community resilience

• Leveraging CRCs to support decarbonisation R&D and regional innovation initiatives
• Capitalising on opportunities for miners to get involved in site-specific and community-anchored projects
• Translating collaborative research into scalable operational applications and workforce outcomes

• Tackling downstream processing and logistics
• Collaborating with customers and contractors
• Realistic target setting and reporting

• Carbon accounting frameworks and methodologies for Scope 1, 2, and 3
• Navigating Scope 3 attribution, emissions factors, and double counting risks
• Integrating real-time emissions monitoring and reporting technologies
• Third-party verification, investor-grade disclosures, and audit preparation
• Lessons learned from reporting pitfalls and Regulator scrutiny

• Understand what’s required to be “assurance ready” when preparing your mandatory sustainability report under the new climate disclosure regime and its implications for mining companies. The presenters will share practical tricks and traps based on case studies. 
• Learn how to structure decarbonisation data and reporting processes to meet assurance standards. 
• Explore strategies to embed climate risk, emissions, and transition planning into financial and operational reporting frameworks. 

• Identifying primary methane emission sources on mine sites
• Operational approaches: capture, flaring, oxidation, and drainage management
• Integrating methane management into site decarbonisation plans and reporting frameworks
• Case study insights and barriers to adoption

• Designing for decarbonisation from day one vs retrofitting existing operations
• Managing infrastructure, operational, and financial constraints at brownfield sites
• Financing, investor appeal, and future-proofing considerations

• Exploring the current state of hydrogen feasibility in mine operations
• Applications for heavy haulage, processing heat, and remote energy systems
• Overcoming challenges with storage, transport, safety, and infrastructure readiness
• Setting & meeting realistic operational and commercial timelines for green hydrogen projects
• Lessons from early-stage trials in Australian and international mine sites

• Building mine-site energy systems that support electrification, hybrid power, and future fuels
• Planning infrastructure investment sequencing to meet 2035 targets and prevent capacity gaps
• Aligning design with policy, regional grid limitations, and long-term decarbonisation pathways

• Examining current pilot projects and technology demonstrations across mining sites
• Navigating key technical, operational, and integration challenges faced during early adoption
• Lessons learned from trial deployments of electrification, energy storage, and carbon reduction technologies
• Building internal capabilities and decision frameworks for technology evaluation and scale-up