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Safeguard Symposium 2025

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  • Date
    21 Jul 2025
  • Time
    3.00PM–7.00PM
  • Status
    Active
  • Location
    ERM Office, 207 Kent St, Sydney NSW 2000

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER IN SYDNEY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 21 JULY.

Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, this symposium aims to explore the effect on the market of the reformed Safeguard Mechanism and ways in which it could evolve into the future to support a high-ambition 2035 national climate target. Leveraging market research and insights, CMI will convene key government, policy and corporate leaders to reflect on the first compliance year of the Safeguard Mechanism and opportunities to harness carbon markets in Australia’s climate policy suite.

Scroll down to view the full program below – (final program subject to change). 

 

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Program

3.00 – 3:30pm

3.30 – 3.35pm

 

 

 

3:35 – 3:45pm 

Arrival and registration 

 

 

Acknowledgement of Country & Opening Remarks
Kurt Winter, Interim CEO, CMI
Matthew Klein, Global Head of Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change, ERM

 

Ministerial Address (video) 
Hon Josh Wilson MP, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy 

 

 

 

 

3.45 – 4:25pm

Panel Discussion: What did we learn? Market Investment and Safeguard Mechanism in the first compliance year 

 

Speakers on the first panel will contemplate the effect of the first compliance period under the reformed Safeguard Mechanism on the ACCU market. Our expert panel will delve into whether the market responded as expected, the impact and distribution of safeguard mechanism credits as well as whether there is sufficient investment in the supply of high integrity credits to support projected demand. We anticipate a full and robust discussion amongst panellists with backgrounds in carbon projects, trading, analysis, government and finance. 

Gabriella Warden

Senior Manager, Government Relations and Policy Research, CMI

Jane Wardlaw

General Manager, National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting and Safeguard Branch, Clean Energy Regulator

Bret Harper

Head of Research, RepuTex Energy

Agneta Puhakka

Director, Commodities, Trade & Carbon, CBA

Marc Train

General Manager, Corporate Carbon

4:25 – 4:35pm 

Provocation: Opportunities for Broadening and Deepening the Safeguard – The size of the prize? 

Chris Halliwell, CEO, CORE Markets

 

 

4:35 – 5:15pm 

Where to from here? Leveraging the Safeguard Mechanism 2026/27 Review  

The second panel session will consider how can the 2026-2027 Safeguard Mechanism review could be leveraged to evolve the Safeguard Mechanism to supports Australia’s ratcheting climate ambition. This panel will consider how learnings from the first compliance year, Australia’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution and other emerging research might shape the 2026-2027 review and feed into future policy considerations. CMI has used its reach to convene a panel which has representatives from covered entities, market research and statutory bodies to stimulate a conversation which is broad and deep. 

Kurt Winter

Interim CEO & Director, Corporate Transition, CMI

Chris Halliwell

Co-Founder and CEO, CORE Markets

Alison Reeve

Deputy Program Director, Energy + Climate Program, Grattan Institute

Karen Durand

General Manager, Sustainability, Dyno Nobel

Chris Bray

Partner, ERM

Young Lee

Manager, Industry and Future Fuels, Climate Change Authority

5.15 – 5:30pm

 

 

5:30 – 7:00pm 

Closing Remarks
Kerry Schott, Chair, CMI

 

 

 

Networking Drinks