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The Action Exchange is a thought leadership, research and stakeholder engagement agency specialising in sustainability, finance and technology.

  • Investment alternatives: Navigating private credit’s ‘golden age’

    As retail bank lending regulations and capital requirements have tightened, and interest rates have risen, global investors have turned their focus to corporate private credit. Once a relatively small part of the debt market, this investment class is rapidly expanding, leading some to describe today as “a golden age of private credit”.

  • The era of digital complexity in Australian energy, utilities and infrastructure

    The era of digital complexity in Australian energy, utilities and infrastructure

    Traditional risk and procurement models fall short in Australia’s new era of digitally connected infrastructure, energy and utilities, thanks to increasing regulatory demands, governance requirements and sophisticated cyber risks.

  • A global ocean free from the harmful impacts of pollution

    A global ocean free from the harmful impacts of pollution

    This radical new approach to understanding marine pollution is the product of a two-year engagement with a global group of scientific, policy, business and NGO stakeholders.

  • Reach Australia’s most influential business audience

    The Australian Financial Review has long been essential daily reading for Australia’s business, investor and policy communities. Now, AFR Intelligence sees The AFR collaborating with leading companies to provide in-depth analysis of the issues shaping Australia's future.

  • Doing Business in Asia

    Doing business in global markets demands careful preparation. Asialink Business, Australia’s National Centre for Asia Capability, has published this series of essential guides for Australian businesses exporting to and investing in Asia.

  • Putting AI Governance into Practice

    CPA Ontario's new report on building trust in new frontiers, supported by The Action Exchange, examines the promise and perils for business of procuring and using AI responsibly.

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    ESG implementation challenges in Australia’s finance sector

    Actionable insights for finance executives on workforce and skills, integrating ESG into commercial decision-making, and looming governance challenges.

  • Accelerating foreign investment in Australia’s energy transition

    A new attitude of Net Zero Exceptionalism is emerging Australian policy, regulatory and investment settings, according to this report published by Clayton Utz in partnership with The Action Exchange.

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