The Clean Energy Regulator
We are an economic regulator accelerating carbon abatement for Australia. We do this by administering Australian Government schemes to measure, manage, reduce and offset carbon emissions in Australia.
Promoting renewable energy and emissions reduction for Australia
2022–23 highlights
You can find out more about how we are achieving our purpose in our annual report.
Work with us
Working with us isn’t just a job, it's a chance to have a rewarding career. We're looking for people with diverse skills, expertise and experience to work with us to reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy in Australia.
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Our compliance approach
Our reports and accountability
Our purpose
We're committed to administering schemes and carbon markets that reduce emissions. To achieve this, we:
- provide education and information on the schemes we administer to make it easy to participate
- monitor, facilitate and enforce compliance with each scheme
- collect, analyse, assess, provide and publish information and data
- accredit auditors for the schemes we administer
- work with other regulatory bodies and law enforcement.
Our role
Our role is determined by climate change law. We administer schemes that contribute to the Australian Government climate target of reducing emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050.
Schemes
Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme
Guarantee of Origin
Renewable Energy Target
Safeguard Mechanism
Our strategic direction
To help achieve our purpose of accelerating carbon abatement for Australia, we're committed to:
- being a trusted, relevant and expert institution
- delivering efficient and effective administration
- having engaged, active and compliant participants
- building secure and enduring infrastructure.
We are achieving this by:
- building our data quality, sharing and accessibility
- actively adapt to changing policies, technologies, business models and market behaviours
- ensuring that our business processes and systems are reducing participants burden and delivering operational efficiencies
- driving innovation and agility in our people and processes
- strengthening our detection and response capability to non-compliance.