Zero Emissions Noosa Inc. (ZEN Inc.) Annual Report · ATTACHMENT 1_ZEN Inc. Report on Partnership Alliance Agreement to Council 2024

Building on our signature strength of innovative project work, our strategic plan continues to focus on
project delivery that helps the community move towards a reduction in net zero emissions. For
example, the “Electrify Australia” movement led by Saul Griffith offers significant opportunities for ZEN
Inc to assist the community at the local level. Providing guidance in helping households to “electrify
the home” while also developing initiatives that will assist in “electrifying everything” presents us with
several opportunities.

Federal Government policy and funding initiatives also provide opportunities which ZEN Inc will
continue to embrace.

While we have enjoyed several high-profile successes, there is a recognition that our communications
could be improved to maximise the impact of our initiatives and more time needs to be spent on
stakeholder engagement. The benefits that our work brings to the community, as the leading source of
information on emissions reduction in the Noosa LGA, needs to be better explained.

Demonstrating how we deliver benefits to the Noosa community is both a challenge and an
opportunity.

A lack of brand identity could be strengthened as there is a perception that ZEN Inc’s. is done by
Council.
There is an opportunity for both ZEN Inc and Noosa Council to clarify our respective roles to work
collaboratively to assist the Noosa community on its journey to net zero emissions.

The provision of community education on emissions reduction strategies offers an ongoing
opportunity.

Strategies

The key priorities and higher-level elements identified through our SWOT analysis have informed our
strategies. The strategies inform the ZEN E and ZEN TAG plans and the activities of our three sub-
committees.




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