PwC’s Energy Transition team helps clients unlock the environmental, social and economic impact of Australia’s energy transition.
We connect insight and expertise from a diverse capability set, shaping ecosystems that help organisations solve seen and unseen ESG and energy transition issues across their value chains.
Our experience drives confidence and trust in the delivery of meaningful outcomes, ensuring clients stay ahead of the forces reshaping the world, and unlocking their potential to find, create, preserve and recover value.
End-to-end ESG and energy transition solutions
Our Energy Transition team is made up of more than 140 industry, sector and service experts, whose diverse backgrounds and shared values are unified around a common driver to help clients anticipate challenges and unlock potential across the entire project life-cycle.
We focus on value creation and preservation, partnering with clients to support an equitable transition that tackles their specific decarbonisation and renewable energy imperatives, and the complex and multi-faceted ESG issues that result from their transition pathways.
Strategy & transformation
We combine deep insight with human-led technology to build coherent strategic models
We combine deep insight with human-led technology to build coherent strategic models
We combine deep insight with human-led technology to build coherent strategic models that map risk variances and market shifts, revealing environmental and social impact potential and corresponding commercial opportunity.
Energy transition & ESG strategic narrative
- Developing narrative around your ambition to move from current to future state, identifying the shifts across your energy value chain
- Assisting with storytelling and change management for sharing your vision with internal and external stakeholders
Energy Transition & ESG Roadmap
- Building a detailed roadmap with actions across multiple horizons to connect near and longer-term transition activities
- Developing plans across workstreams* including climate change action, new operating models and infrastructure, economic development and workforce change, resource extraction and recovery
*Note that any of the supporting work streams can also be developed as standalone strategic roadmaps
Project and deals
Delivering sustained financial outcomes built on a deep understanding of market needs and expectation
Delivering sustained financial outcomes built on a deep understanding of market needs and expectation
Delivering sustained financial outcomes built on a deep understanding of market needs and expectation, we design, test and deploy investment solutions that align economic growth potential with environmental and social value.
Renewable energy project development support
- Supporting commercials, financing and execution of renewable energy projects including legal and tax advice
Clean energy financing
- Identifying and securing clean energy finance including understanding expectations of financial institutions and investors
Creating value from ESG in deals
- Identifying and activating the ESG levers that make companies more attractive to investors
Reporting and governance
Leveraging firm-wide capability in audit, advisory and governance, we build robust risk reporting and governance frameworks that isolate potential threats and elevate opportunity.
Leveraging firm-wide capability in audit, advisory and governance, we build robust risk reporting and governance frameworks that isolate potential threats and elevate opportunity.
Leveraging firm-wide capability in audit, advisory and governance, we build robust risk reporting and governance frameworks that isolate potential threats and elevate opportunity.
ESG strategic review and advisory support
- Assessment of materially significant risks and opportunities related to energy transition and broader sustainability scopes
- Advisory support on reporting and governance frameworks as to what is fit-for-purpose and intentions
ESG training
- Training support for Boards and Executive teams on the growing expectations around ESG reporting and action plans
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Meet our Energy Transition Partners
"I’m excited to lead our Energy Transition business, bringing an amazing group of people together to create long term value across ecosystems. I thrive on complex and ambiguous problems, helping clients accelerate net zero outcomes by pragmatically translating ambition to action."
“The intersection of energy infrastructure regulation, planning, network connections and system management are becoming more complex. I bring to my clients commercial acumen and an economics toolkit to help them make better decisions in an uncertain and dynamic environment.”
“With financial, commercial, negotiating and project management skills gained across 50+ transport infrastructure and energy transactions, I am excited to assist clients implement thoughtful solutions in an important, complex and evolving area.”
“With a strong background in CFO Advisory coupled with ESG reporting and climate risk, I bridge the gap between CFOs and ESG teams, to unpack complex issues and frameworks and help companies navigate the vast and rapidly changing landscape.”
“I work closely with our private capital and infrastructure fund clients to help embed ESG considerations across their investment decisions from pre-deal due diligence to post-deal ESG-led value creation.”
"I am inspired by the speed of change - locally, nationally and globally. Sharing cross-industry experience and understanding business models and markets, I work with clients to take impactful steps through the transition, maximising commercial opportunities and overall impact."
"With more than 15 years across the energy industry from extractive industries through to retail, I have deep experience in information and energy transition technologies. I am excited to bring holistic solutions to our clients' most challenging energy transition issues."
"With increased stakeholder focus on all aspects of ESG, I work with clients to understand the impact that this is having on their business and the strategies that can be implemented to preserve and create value through sustainable transition and transparent reporting.”
“I bring a strategic perspective to regulatory economics, and enjoy thinking creatively about commercial opportunities in our rapidly evolving energy system for consumers, operators and investors."
"I have an interest in the disruptive forces that drive change in market structures. Climate change is opening up exciting opportunities. Leveraging the role of private capital in renewable energy infrastructure projects, I am excited about a low carbon and circular future.”
"I bring strong commerciality and a deep understanding of the energy market to our clients. I am not afraid to dive into the commercials, the technicals, and the number crunching for the best outcome.”
“I work across project development, state development policy and economic infrastructure in Western Australia. My clients' companies are looking to develop large-scale energy transition projects and need support to identify and navigate approval pathways to project development.”
"I provide lead financial and commercial advisory services to clients in the energy, utilities and infrastructure sectors. I am a former senior banking executive with over 16 years’ experience in the energy, utilities and infrastructure sectors with a strong focus on renewables."
“I am a sustainability executive skilled at identifying risks and opportunities, reviewing materiality, developing strategy, sustainability narrative, policies and targets. I am particularly interested in integrating ESG in business.”
“I have deep experience in supply chain & procurement, advanced manufacturing and systems engineering. I look forward to the opportunities for Australia to leverage our geographical and economic advantages in the pursuit of advancing the circular economy & energy transition.”
Join our community of solvers
Energy Transition is looking for more world-class solvers to join our community and make an impact. PwC offers roles as diverse as our teams, in an inclusive and exciting place to work, as one of Australia’s leading employers. If you’re interested in being part of #TheNewEquation, we’d love to hear from you.
To find out more about careers with Energy Transition, express your interest here.
