Closed

Determining Criteria For Assessing Transport Infrastructure Projects' Alignment With Net Zero Objectives

Tender ID: 594457

Tender Details

Organisation:
Austroads Ltd
Tender #:
ESG6623  
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
9 September 2025
Closing Date:
7 October 2025
Closing Time:
01:30 PM (Australia/NSW)

Tender Description

Purpose:

Austroads seeks responses from appropriately experienced service providers to explore options to better assess the alignment of transport projects with net zero objectives at the strategic stage, and to develop clear guidance to enable agencies to make these assessments.

Objective:

This project will guide members to:

  • Facilitate consideration of net zero alignment during the strategic assessment of proposed transport projects.
  • Assess the eligibility of transport infrastructure projects for sustainable finance and set targets & KPIs for the ratio of investment in net zero aligned transport infrastructure.
  • Encourage a harmonised approach to assessment of net zero alignment.

Scope:

This project will:

  • Investigate and recommend clearly defined criteria and methods to enable assessment of transport infrastructure projects’ relative alignment with net zero objectives and sustainable finance criteria, e.g. the ICMA Green Bond Principles, Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy and Climate Bonds Taxonomy.
  • Focus on the management of carbon emissions associated with projects over their lifecycle when in the strategic planning period equivalent to the Need and Optioneering project life stages as per BAS2080:2023 – complementing the work of Austroads project ESG6515 which is developing a carbon tool to account for carbon management in the Business Case, Design, Delivery and Operation stages (see Figure 1).
  • Consider the suitability of New Zealand Transport Agency/ Waka Kotahi’s Climate Assessment of Transport Investment (CATI) tool relative to other [existing] equivalent options as the basis of a flexible, simple and consistent methodology or tool, for use by all jurisdictions, to inform program-level investment decision making at multiple stages of program development.
  • Align with, and provide complementary guidance to, a National Decarbonising Infrastructure Policy Framework supporting whole life carbon measurement guidance being developed by the Infrastructure and Transport Ministers’ Meetings’ (ITMM) Infrastructure Decarbonisation Working Group (IDWG).
  • Similarly, be a valuable contribution to Infrastructure Australia’s assessment framework (noting the requirement (established in the Climate Change Consequential Amendments Act 2022) for Commonwealth agencies to explicitly consider and incorporate Australia’s net zero emissions target when evaluating and advising on infrastructure projects).

Deliverables:

This project will produce the following deliverables:

  • Detailed Project Plan including proposed report structure and stakeholder engagement approach
  • Project Data Management Plan
  • Project Synopsis including structure of the report and introduction
  • Research Report including the methodology and guidance
  • Concept Tool that can be used by Austroads members
  • Presentation of a webinar on the findings, with published presentational materials.

Location

Western Australia   :   Gascoyne   :   Goldfields/Esperance   :   Great Southern   :   Kimberley   :   Mid West   :   Peel   :   Perth Metropolitan   :   Pilbara   :   South West   :   Wheatbelt  
New South Wales   :   Central West   :   Far North Coast   :   Far West   :   Hunter   :   Illawarra   :   Mid North Coast   :   Murray   :   New England   :   Orana   :   Riverina   :   Southern Highlands   :   Sydney  
Queensland   :   Cairns & Far North Queensland   :   Gladstone   :   Mackay Whitsunday Region   :   Mount Isa & North West Region   :   Rockhampton   :   South East Queensland   :   South West & Darling Downs   :   The Central West   :   Townsville   :   Wide Bay Burnett  
Victoria   :   Barwon South West   :   Gippsland   :   Grampians   :   Hume   :   Loddon Mallee   :   Melbourne  
South Australia   :   Adelaide   :   Eyre & Western   :   Far North   :   Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island   :   Limestone Coast   :   Murray & Mallee   :   York & Mid North  
Northern Territory   :   Barkly   :   Big Rivers   :   Central Australia   :   East Arnhem   :   Greater Darwin   :   Top End  
Australian Capital Territory  
Tasmania  

Category

Engineering & Research & Technical Based Services   :   Project Management  
Environmental & Heritage Services   :   Environmental Impact Assessments   :   Environmental Management  
Utilities   :   Carbon Offset  
Management Advisory Services   :   Management Consulting  
Marketing & Communications   :   Community and Stakeholder Engagement