Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping sustainability tech in Australia. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
Recently founded means a recorded 2023–2026 founding year and no recorded parent, acquirer or public-company status. These companies are not labelled startups without that separate classification.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
41 of 1,093 tracked companies have open roles.
129 of 1,093 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 224 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 29.7% of disclosed capital, while 88.2% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $110.27M | 74 | 18 |
| 2017 | $89.84M | 74 | 13 |
| 2018 | $86.82M | 70 | 14 |
| 2019 | $298.56M | 61 | 16 |
| 2020 | $165.14M | 54 | 15 |
| 2021 | $371.08M | 43 | 19 |
| 2022 | $369.89M | 40 | 28 |
| 2023 | $100.18M | 20 | 18 |
| 2024 | $845.57M | 8 | 29 |
| 2025 | $224.31M | 0 | 12 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
266 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in sustainability tech company rounds since 2016.
Backed by .
Backed by Main Sequence and Melt Ventures and others.
Backed by TCV and Square Peg Ventures and others.
Backed by .
Backed by Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
Backed by Blackstone.
Backed by Grok Ventures and Qualgro and others.
Backed by SLB and Quanta Services and others.
Backed by Temasek and Main Sequence and others.
Backed by TCV and Square Peg Ventures and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Perennial and Ric Clark and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Breakthrough Victoria and Temasek and others.
Backed by Virescent Ventures and Angeleno Group and others.
The measured Australia identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: bare ticker overlaps lack a recorded ASX exchange designation and are not designated legal or national identifiers.
How the Australia companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
6 of the 1,093 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.5%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 425,005 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspection Expressipropertyexpress.com | 1,101,644 | 37 | 66.6% |
| Pylongetpylon.com | 967,209 | 30 | 17.9% |
| SolarQuotessolarquotes.com.au | 452,300 | 41 | 50% |
| Bridge Selectbridgeselect.com.au | 397,710 | 19 | 7.6% |
| Amberamber.com.au | 289,341 | 40 | 46.2% |
| Solar Choicesolarchoice.net.au | 126,238 | 40 | 38.9% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
90 of these companies (8.2%) publish at least one Android app — 153 apps in all, carrying 2.5M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 気象庁レーダー - JMA ききくる 天気 weatherJapan Meteorological Agency Radar | 847.3K | — | Weather |
| HydrawiseHydrawise | 340K | 4.7 | House & Home |
| PowerpalPowerpal | 196.8K | 4 | House & Home |
| Chargefox: EV Charging NetworkChargefox | 190.2K | 2.5 | Auto & Vehicles |
| Seabreeze WeatherSeabreeze | 176K | — | Weather |
| BrighteBrighte | 99K | — | Finance |
| AirTouch 5AirTouch | 54.6K | — | Lifestyle |
| AirTouch3AirTouch | 44.8K | 3.6 | Tools |
| One Small Step: Climate ActionOne Small Step | 44.5K | 3.5 | Lifestyle |
| AirTouch 2+AirTouch | 40K | — | House & Home |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Pollution Management Tech | 16 | 1.3M | 気象庁レーダー - JMA ききくる 天気 weather 847.3K | |
| Energy Efficiency Tech | 83 | 580.8K | Powerpal 196.8K | |
| Facility Management Tech | 80 | 580.6K | AirTouch 5 54.6K | |
| Smart Homes | 13 | 413.7K | AirTouch3 44.8K | |
| Property Management Tech | 62 | 356.2K | Community by Urbanise 38.5K | |
| Water And Wastewater Management Tech | 15 | 348.5K | Hydrawise 340K | |
| Iot Applications | 10 | 344.6K | Organic Response Express 2.8K | |
| Crop Tech | 9 | 342.8K | SignalCloud 1.8K |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 125 of 153 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
33 companies hiring · $2.71B disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
In the framework of a comprehensive financing package of December 2025, HOCHTIEF secured a share of EUR 130 million in the investment.
1414 Degrees (ASX:14D) has raised $2.69 million in a placement with the funds to ramp up its entry into the giant global data centre market, receiving firm commitments from sophisticated, professional and institutional investors keen to support the company’s plans to advance its portfolio of clean energy storage and decarbonisation technologies across a range of energy-intensive industries.
Neara has closed a $90 million (USD 63.8 million) Series D funding round to accelerate its focus on solving global infrastructure challenges.
Canadian Solar Inc. is seeking a $350 million private credit loan to expand its US operations, according to people familiar with the matter, as Washington steps up scrutiny of imports from China.
Leading this week’s funding round-up is energy technology startup IND Technology, which has raised $50 million in its first institutional funding round.
EPX has satisfied all the conditions required to acquire Australian energy efficiency platform WattWatchers, which was recently placed into voluntary administration.
One of your competitors recently acquired Digitalk in the UK.
News Maddocks has advised the shareholders of Solar Choice, an expert renewable asset advice and installation company, on its sale to Flow Power, a fast-growing energy retailer.
EFI has announced the acquisition of Metrix, the Edmonds, Washington-based developer of automated print planning and imposition software.
First Graphene Limited (ASX: FGR; "First Graphene" or "the Company") (FRA:M11) (OTCQB:FGPHF) is pleased to announce it has entered a binding Asset Purchase Agreement ("Agreement") to acquire all manufacturing, intellectual property and development assets of Ionic Industries Inc. ("Ionic") and its subsidiary Imagine Intelligent Materials ("Imagine") (together, "the Companies").
Top 10 categories among 348 recorded events in the 24-month window.
12 tracked people moves
Appointment Member of the Vulcan Energy Supervisory Board
Appointment Chief Marketing Officer
Appointment Chief Product Officer
Resignation Executive Director
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Departure Previously President/Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Revenue Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Product
Waterproofing additive
Automated rugged terrain electric vehicle
HJT technology solar modules
27 recorded customer wins
Customer: StellatisLionheart lithium project
Customer: lskdFashion
Customer: lululemonAthleisure
Customer: umicore
Customer: Major US utility
Customer: Newmont AustraliaMining
1 companies with reported reductions
Scale not stated rolesslower EV sales
21 recorded events
accused of unauthorized site workNatural Resources Wales
royalty exemption grantedGerman State of Rhineland-Palatinate
granted licencemining authority in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
approvedAuthority
5 tracked suits
patent infringementRegulatory · Filed
patent infringementPatent ·
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 17 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| epx→Wattwatchers ↗ | Announced | 2025-12-18 | $1.1M |
| Hansen Technologies→digitalk | 2025-12-12 | Not stated in snapshot | |
| flow power→Solar Choice ↗ | Announced | 2025-12-10 | Not stated in snapshot |
| efi→Metrix ↗ | Announced | 2025-11-17 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Willow→elvie | Announced | 2025-04-02 | Not stated in snapshot |
| partners group→GreenSquareDC ↗ | Announced | 2025-03-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
0 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 5-posting snapshot covers 2 employers.
No repeated job title is supported by this snapshot.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
Top skills across 5 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Hansen Technologies ↗ | 350 |
| Objective ↗ | 347 |
| Willow ↗ | 321 |
| Envirosuite ↗ | 254 |
| Vulcan Energy ↗ | 187 |
| secos group limited ↗ | 163 |
| Brighte ↗ | 125 |
| SpeeDx ↗ | 113 |
460 founders and chief executives across 360 companies.
Ex-Citibank, Stilmark Group. University of Adelaide BS 2009
Minerva Network, ex-Macquarie Bank, ex-Macquarie, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2023
Ex-Princess Alexandra & Wesley Hospitals. The University of Queensland BSc
Founder Helix Collective, Qwilr, ex- Eureka Search, Canva, Dropbox, Google. University of New South Wales 2007
Raygen, ex-Ceramic Fuel Cells, ex-Bhp Engineering, the university of Melbourne, 1995
Dallas Regional Chamber, ex-Founder Ridley, Atlas Industries. University of Sydney 1999
Ex-CEO Sphere Healthcare. Western Sydney University 1986
University of Melbourne LLB 2012
Vulcan Energie Ressourcen, ex-Geothermal Engineering, ex-International Geothermal Association, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) / University of Karlsruhe…
Speedx, ex-Industry Mentoring Network In Stem, ex-Springboard Enterprises, UNSW, 2007
Environmental Earth Sciences International, ex-Carbon Count, 3D Ag. University of Sydney BSc 1980, UNSW MSc 1985
Mga Thermal, ex-University Of Newcastle, ex-Csiro, University of Newcastle, 2019
30 profiles with education records.
7 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
704,823 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Sustainability Tech coverage across Australia · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 119,301 |
| 2021Q3 | 133,726 |
| 2021Q4 | 116,970 |
| 2022Q1 | 133,032 |
| 2022Q2 | 128,490 |
| 2022Q3 | 136,000 |
| 2022Q4 | 194,013 |
| 2023Q1 | 217,932 |
| 2023Q2 | 146,341 |
| 2023Q3 | 168,479 |
| 2023Q4 | 154,096 |
| 2024Q1 | 148,716 |
| 2024Q2 | 161,545 |
| 2024Q3 | 161,988 |
| 2024Q4 | 175,599 |
| 2025Q1 | 206,631 |
| 2025Q2 | 136,755 |
| 2025Q3 | 242,922 |
| 2025Q4 | 123,276 |
| 2026Q1 | 137,466 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
457 recorded company events across 55 companies; percentages use that event total.
Sustainability Tech coverage across Australia · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Sustainability Tech coverage across Australia
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 4,005 | 1,939 | 107% |
| domestic robots | 3,125 | 58 | 5288% |
| toy robots | 3,091 | 40 | 7628% |
| startup news | 1,998 | 557 | 259% |
| ashes moments | 1,191 | 772 | 54% |
| angel investors | 1,018 | 374 | 172% |
| overseas study | 976 | 690 | 41% |
| ashes urn | 897 | 392 | 129% |
| ashes records | 857 | 403 | 113% |
| semester abroad | 819 | 527 | 55% |
| test cricket | 5,988 | 11,571 | -48% |
| test innings | 4,552 | 8,884 | -49% |
| 5-day cricket | 3,728 | 7,780 | -52% |
| odi cricket | 2,930 | 6,182 | -53% |
| limited overs cricket | 2,800 | 6,156 | -55% |
Sustainability Tech coverage across Australia
territories, disputed islands, test cricket
27.6% critical · 20.4% positivetest cricket, test innings, odi world cup
31.2% critical · 43.1% positivenba expansion teams, nba team legends, league expansion news
31.3% critical · 47.3% positiveSustainability Tech coverage across Australia. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
18,751 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Tone counts: 11,958 positive · 1,282 neutral · 5,511 negative.
Landmark: The Importance of Climate Risks for Institutional Investors
Landmark: Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change
Landmark: Hedging Climate Change News
Common problems researchers identify · 0118.9% of this theme group
Researchers highlight gaps in flood mitigation strategies and call for improved risk assessment in urban planning.
Flood myth (1,109) · Flooding (538) · Flood mitigation (250) · Flood risk management (83)
Flood risk and flood management
Flood resiliency approach for urban planning: critical review and future research agenda
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 361.6 |
| 2023 | 348.0 |
| 2024 | 300.9 |
| 2025 | 355.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0217.6% of this theme group
Papers discuss systemic challenges of climate policy, equity, and public perception in a warming world.
Climate change (995) · Political economy of climate change (223) · Global warming (140) · Climate justice (77)
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Transforming Economies and Policies for a Sustainable Future
Public Perceptions Of Climate Change: Risk, Trust, and Policy
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 452.7 |
| 2023 | 467.5 |
| 2024 | 442.6 |
| 2025 | 493.1 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0316.3% of this theme group
Studies examine how climate impacts threaten food security and productivity, stressing adaptation needs.
Agriculture (627) · Food security (300) · Climate change (755) · Agricultural productivity (90)
Climate change adaptation: Challenges for agricultural sustainability
A Comprehensive Review on Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Challenges in Agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3466.4 |
| 2023 | 3515.1 |
| 2024 | 3386.3 |
| 2025 | 3534.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0415.0% of this theme group
Research identifies shortcomings in city‑level resilience planning against climate‑driven stresses.
Resilience (601) · Climate change (559) · Climate resilience (230) · Urban resilience (107)
Shaping resilient buildings and cities: Climate change impacts, metrics, and strategies for mitigation and adaptation
Empowering Communities for Climate Resilience
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 51.5 |
| 2023 | 58.7 |
| 2024 | 70.2 |
| 2025 | 112.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0511.9% of this theme group
Analyses reveal uncertainties in managing climate exposure within financial systems and investment portfolios.
Climate risk (290) · Climate Finance (147) · Climate change (560) · Risk management (129)
Climate Change and the Financial System
Managing Climate-Related Financial Risk: Prospects and Challenges
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 92.4 |
| 2023 | 93.5 |
| 2024 | 90.8 |
| 2025 | 132.8 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0610.7% of this theme group
Works explore community mental‑health challenges and the need for stronger adaptive capacities.
Psychological resilience (564) · Climate change (534) · Resilience (305) · Climate resilience (161)
Assessing community resilience to climate change
Climate Adaptation and Resilience
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 128.4 |
| 2023 | 140.5 |
| 2024 | 143.1 |
| 2025 | 240.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 079.6% of this theme group
Literature points to persistent gaps in translating adaptation concepts into actionable climate solutions.
Adaptation (315) · Climate change (530) · Vulnerability (212) · Climate change adaptation (82)
Climate change and development: adaptation through transformation
Transforming Vulnerability into Resilience: Strategies for Climate Adaptation
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 51.8 |
| 2023 | 52.6 |
| 2024 | 72.3 |
| 2025 | 76.0 |
Cautions · 0118.2% of this theme group
Authors warn that current climate‑smart practices may not fully address long‑term productivity risks.
Agriculture (143) · Food security (57) · Climate change (158) · Agricultural productivity (26)
Conservation agriculture and climate resilience
Climate risks and adaptation strategies of farmers in East Africa and South Asia
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3466.4 |
| 2023 | 3515.1 |
| 2024 | 3386.3 |
| 2025 | 3534.6 |
Cautions · 0216.8% of this theme group
Studies caution that engineered drainage and land‑use changes can have unintended hydrological consequences.
Flood myth (193) · Hydrology (90) · Flooding (79) · Surface runoff (34)
Many-Objective Optimization of Sustainable Drainage Systems in Urban Areas with Different Surface Slopes
Evaluating the effectiveness of land use management as a natural flood management intervention in reducing the impact of flooding for an upl
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 392.9 |
| 2023 | 379.3 |
| 2024 | 328.5 |
| 2025 | 385.0 |
Cautions · 0315.8% of this theme group
Research highlights hidden climate risks in investment decisions and the need for better disclosure.
Climate risk (73) · Climate change (136) · Portfolio (20) · Stock (19)
Firm climate risk, risk management, and bank loan financing
Climate transition risk and bank lending
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.0 |
| 2023 | 24.1 |
| 2024 | 19.1 |
| 2025 | 33.1 |
Cautions · 0414.6% of this theme group
Papers stress unequal impacts and policy trade‑offs that could undermine climate resilience efforts.
Climate change (165) · Political economy of climate change (21) · Global warming (19) · Climate risk (35)
Weather index insurance: promises and challenges of promoting social and ecological resilience to climate change
Unequal impacts of future droughts on global croplands: contributions of climate and land-use changes across different income groups
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 446.7 |
| 2023 | 462.0 |
| 2024 | 435.5 |
| 2025 | 493.2 |
Cautions · 0513.5% of this theme group
Analyses advise careful evaluation of levee and insurance models under changing climate conditions.
Flood myth (164) · Flooding (64) · Flood mitigation (39) · Flood risk management (16)
Better use and management of levees: reducing flood risk in a changing climate
Application of re/insurance models to estimate increases in flood risk due to climate change
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 361.6 |
| 2023 | 348.0 |
| 2024 | 300.9 |
| 2025 | 355.7 |
Cautions · 0612.5% of this theme group
Works caution that some climate policies may inadvertently reduce environmental and social resilience.
Resilience (55) · Climate change (94) · Climate resilience (29) · Environmental resource management (19)
Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change
Sustainable, green, and climate-resilient cities: an analysis of multilateral development banks
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1021.3 |
| 2023 | 1058.0 |
| 2024 | 1089.0 |
| 2025 | 712.2 |
Cautions · 078.7% of this theme group
Research points to gaps in integrating psychological resilience within broader climate adaptation programs.
Psychological resilience (95) · Resilience (46) · Climate change (76) · Climate resilience (26)
Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
Food Security Under a Changing Climate: Exploring the Integration of Resilience in Research and Practice
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 128.4 |
| 2023 | 140.5 |
| 2024 | 143.1 |
| 2025 | 240.0 |
Opportunities · 0118.2% of this theme group
Opportunities focus on new modeling and scenario tools to enhance flood risk reduction.
Flood myth (960) · Flooding (324) · Flood mitigation (215) · Flood risk assessment (108)
Land Use Scenario Modeling for Flood Risk Mitigation
Flood damage: a model for consistent, complete and multipurpose scenarios
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 361.6 |
| 2023 | 348.0 |
| 2024 | 300.9 |
| 2025 | 355.7 |
Opportunities · 0216.3% of this theme group
Papers highlight emerging approaches to build regional resilience and shift vulnerable populations toward adaptation.
Climate change (751) · Adaptation (180) · Vulnerability (151) · Climate model (54)
Building Africa’s climate resilience: understanding the impacts and future strategies in the face of climate change
Changing Climate Changing Behaviour
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 258.4 |
| 2023 | 261.3 |
| 2024 | 165.0 |
| 2025 | 226.0 |
Opportunities · 0315.5% of this theme group
Research showcases practices that boost crop resilience and sustain productivity under climate stress.
Agriculture (528) · Food security (192) · Agricultural productivity (69) · Climate change (438)
Exploring the dynamics of climate-smart agricultural practices for sustainable resilience in a changing climate
Enhancing climate resilience of cropping systems.
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3466.4 |
| 2023 | 3515.1 |
| 2024 | 3386.3 |
| 2025 | 3534.6 |
Opportunities · 0414.5% of this theme group
Studies propose integrated methods to strengthen city systems against climate‑related hazards.
Resilience (474) · Urban resilience (111) · Psychological resilience (229) · Climate change (375)
An Integrated Framework to Streamline Resilience in the Context of Urban Climate Risk Assessment
Climate change and emerging risks. Innovative urban climate services as a strategy to improve resilience of human systems.
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 130.3 |
| 2023 | 138.8 |
| 2024 | 140.3 |
| 2025 | 228.2 |
Opportunities · 0513.1% of this theme group
Works present GIS and simulation techniques for better flood management in watersheds.
Flood myth (611) · Hydrology (294) · Flooding (230) · Hydrograph (58)
Modeling effectiveness of management practices for flood mitigation using GIS spatial analysis functions in Upper Cilliwung watershed
Simulating the hydrologic impact of distributed flood mitigation practices, tile drainage, and terraces in an agricultural catchment
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 392.9 |
| 2023 | 379.3 |
| 2024 | 328.5 |
| 2025 | 385.0 |
Opportunities · 0612.7% of this theme group
Research explores novel urban planning and drainage solutions to mitigate future flood impacts.
Flood myth (623) · Flooding (331) · Urbanization (143) · Flood mitigation (181)
Methodology for flood resilience assessment in urban environments and mitigation strategy development
Modelling and resilience-based evaluation of urban drainage and flood management systems for future cities
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 781.9 |
| 2023 | 756.7 |
| 2024 | 660.9 |
| 2025 | 761.9 |
Opportunities · 079.8% of this theme group
Papers discuss emerging financial instruments and disclosure standards to manage climate risk.
Climate risk (235) · Climate change (354) · Portfolio (72) · Climate Finance (62)
Dissecting climate change risk and financial market instability: Implications for ecological risk management
Climate-related Financial Risks: Considering an Emerging Framework for Assessment and Disclosure in a Regulatory Perspective
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.4 |
| 2023 | 35.3 |
| 2024 | 30.5 |
| 2025 | 50.5 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Problem-identifying | 36.1% | 9.7% |
| Promising | 26.0% | 37.2% |
| Descriptive | 18.6% | 17.9% |
| Cautionary | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| Breakthrough | 6.8% | 25.9% |
| Critical | 2.4% | 0.9% |
| Comparative | 2.4% | 3.8% |
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety & misuseOn the use and misuse of climate change projections in international development | 32 | 0.2% | 26 (81.2%) | 0.2% |
| Privacy & surveillanceAssessing climate change effects on vector-borne disease patterns to strengthen surveillance, prevention and adaptive gl | 5 | 0.03% | 5 (100.0%) | 0.03% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainAre Wastewater Systems Adapting to Climate Change? | 4 | 0.03% | 2 (50.0%) | 0.03% |
| Concentration of compute powerFlood insurance contract design based on incentive mitigation | 3 | 0.02% | 1 (33.3%) | 0.02% |
| Labour & data workFrom Reactive to Proactive: Greening Germany’s Regional Policy | 2 | 0.01% | 1 (50.0%) | 0.01% |
| Energy & datacenter footprint | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Carbon & emissions of compute | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Bias & fairness | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.
Compare demand signals in Australia’s newsflow with the sustainability tech categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renewables build-out ↗Infrastructure Shift | 80.0 | 0.0 | +80.0 | +65.9% | |
| Climate policy & governance ↗Compliance Pressure | 70.0 | 37.5 | +32.5 | +67.7% | |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 90.0 | 75.0 | +15.0 | +94.9% | |
| Carbon & emissions ↗Compliance Pressure | 30.0 | 37.5 | -7.5 | +31.4% | |
| Grid & power reliability ↗Risk Pressure | 10.0 | 100.0 | -90.0 | +21.5% | |
| Climate impacts ↗Environmental Driver | 20.0 | — | No matching category | — | +51.5% |
Showing all 6 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.
All 8 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. Australia is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.
Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions
Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance · Grid & power reliability
Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance · Layoffs & income shocks
Renewables build-out · Grid & power reliability · Carbon & emissions
Renewables build-out · Grid & power reliability · Carbon & emissions
Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks · Climate impacts
Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks · Grid & power reliability
Carbon & emissions · Climate policy & governance · Layoffs & income shocks
Renewable build-out can multiply the storage, grid and management tooling it depends on.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 189 | 28.04 |
| 2024Q4 | 195 | 24.79 |
| 2025Q1 | 193 | 24.43 |
| 2025Q2 | 214 | 36.65 |
| 2025Q3 | 364 | 44.25 |
| 2025Q4 | 239 | 41.58 |
| 2026Q1 | 255 | 42.01 |
Climate policy can land as reporting, compliance and transition demand.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 94 | 13.94 |
| 2024Q4 | 90 | 11.44 |
| 2025Q1 | 62 | 7.85 |
| 2025Q2 | 71 | 12.16 |
| 2025Q3 | 252 | 30.64 |
| 2025Q4 | 104 | 18.1 |
| 2026Q1 | 83 | 13.67 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 88 | 13.05 |
| 2024Q4 | 101 | 12.84 |
| 2025Q1 | 96 | 12.15 |
| 2025Q2 | 61 | 10.45 |
| 2025Q3 | 215 | 26.14 |
| 2025Q4 | 105 | 18.27 |
| 2026Q1 | 154 | 25.37 |
Emission pressure can pull measurement, reduction and offset tooling demand.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 61 | 9.05 |
| 2024Q4 | 44 | 5.59 |
| 2025Q1 | 50 | 6.33 |
| 2025Q2 | 80 | 13.7 |
| 2025Q3 | 111 | 13.49 |
| 2025Q4 | 46 | 8.0 |
| 2026Q1 | 57 | 9.39 |
Grid stress can move reliability and demand-management investment up the list.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 55 | 8.16 |
| 2024Q4 | 55 | 6.99 |
| 2025Q1 | 97 | 12.28 |
| 2025Q2 | 35 | 5.99 |
| 2025Q3 | 65 | 7.9 |
| 2025Q4 | 52 | 9.05 |
| 2026Q1 | 75 | 12.36 |
Visible climate impacts can pull resilience and adaptation demand where they hit.
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Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 36 | 5.34 |
| 2024Q4 | 28 | 3.56 |
| 2025Q1 | 51 | 6.46 |
| 2025Q2 | 77 | 13.19 |
| 2025Q3 | 69 | 8.39 |
| 2025Q4 | 15 | 2.61 |
| 2026Q1 | 52 | 8.57 |
Australia sustainability tech coverage
Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
101 citations in the snapshot
Renewable Energy
87 citations in the snapshot
Australian Journal of Management
86 citations in the snapshot
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
75 citations in the snapshot
Australia coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| community microgrids | 51 | 21 | 179.0% |
| solar subscriptions | 43 | 20 | 147.0% |
| grid-scale batteries | 244 | 131 | 114.0% |
| monsoonal rainfall | 50 | 27 | 112.8% |
| renewables integration | 181 | 99 | 110.1% |
| photovoltaic systems | 40 | 23 | 99.8% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
33.6% across the displayed hubs
12 companies hiring · $1.2B disclosed funding
Explore companies in Sydney ↗
27.3% across the displayed hubs
5 companies hiring · $186.2M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Melbourne ↗
13.3% across the displayed hubs
5 companies hiring · $349.9M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Brisbane ↗
12.0% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $122.3M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Perth ↗
6.9% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $2.2M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Adelaide ↗
2.7% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $31.0M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Canberra ↗2.5% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $2.6M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Gold Coast ↗
1.6% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $90.0M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Newcastle ↗Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 31 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
Canonical landscape ↗