NSW Funding opportunity for

Climate Resilience and Net Zero planning. 

Up to $25,000 available towards eligible planning costs.

The NSW Government has opened Round 2 of the Net Zero Planning Grant, providing eligible NSW businesses with up to $25,000 in funding to cover up to 50% of eligible project costs.

The timing is particularly relevant for businesses commencing Group 2 mandatory climate-related reporting under AASB S2.

Eligible activities include: 

• climate-related risk and opportunity assessment
• governance, accountability and responsibility structures
• greenhouse gas inventories and data
• emissions reduction targets
• net zero action planning
• financial planning
• stakeholder engagement
• reporting and organisational capability.

Many of these activities overlap with the foundations organisations need to strengthen climate-related planning and disclosure under AASB S2 climate disclosures reporting.

For businesses approaching AASB S2, this presents an opportunity to look beyond production of the final sustainability report and invest in the underlying business thinking: understanding physical and transition risks, understanding financial consequences of non -action or adaptation in the face of extreme events, improving data structures, defining responsibilities and developing practical actions to improve business resilience. 

Is your business potentially eligible?

Key requirements include having NSW business operations and annual energy expenditure of at least $200,000 at a single NSW site, or $500,000 across multiple NSW sites and operations.

Purchased fuels are included.

Group 1 mandatory sustainability reporting entities are excluded from this funding round. Other eligibility requirements also apply.

Applications are assessed as they are received and officially close at 5 pm AEDT on 30 November 2026, or earlier if available funding is exhausted.

It’s called the Net Zero Planning Grant, the net zero webpage and funding guideline tells you all you need to know to apply, yet if you want to get moving quickly, with assistance and confidence, Good Natured ESG can help.

How Good Natured ESG can assist

Good Natured ESG can help businesses understand the opportunity within their own context, shape a bespoke planning project and prepare the grant application. 
Once commenced Good Natured ESG will work with your team on direct delivery or coordinate eligible specialists to work across climate risk, governance, data, emissions, action planning and climate-related disclosure preparation.

The starting point can be simple.

Book a 20-minute initial strategy session to work through your likely reporting position, grant eligibility and the first planning priorities for your business.

Book a 20-minute strategy session

View the NSW Net Zero Planning Grant Round 2 details.