Articles

Practical writing on the asks that land on Australian SMB desks. No journey metaphors, no mission statements. Dates, obligations, and what to do about them.

Briefings: dated, event-driven

2026-08-20

Climate Active is ending. Here's what actually happens to the work you paid for.

Both consultation options end certification; what's genuinely open is the transition. What's decided, the two dates that matter, and the three things worth doing before June 2027, none of which require buying anything.

Guides: reference pieces, kept current

"Audit-defensible" in plain English: what it means, and what it doesn't.

Every vendor now claims audit-defensible numbers, including us. A working definition you can hold anyone to, why spend-based estimates fail it, and the two questions that expose a number that isn't.

Mandatory reporting started for your customers, not for you. That's the trap.

Australia's climate-reporting regime widened from 1 July 2026. SMBs aren't covered, but covered companies can't report without their suppliers' numbers. Two things about the timing that most coverage gets wrong, and where the requests you're already getting actually come from.

The supermarket supplier programs have reached the middle of the supply chain.

The majors' emissions expectations no longer stop at the multinational brands. What a 50-person supplier is actually being asked for, what the buyer's analyst checks, and the one mistake that makes next year worse.