ZERO EMISSIONS NOOSA (ZEN) Inc. ALLIANCE AGREEMENT · Attachment 8 ZEN Strategy 2026-2029

ATTACHMENT 8

     Zero Emissions Noosa Inc. Strategy 2026/2027-2028/2029
     Vision: A Noosa Shire community powered by clean, affordable energy and transport.
     Mission: To inspire and support the Noosa Shire community to work towards net zero emissions and climate resilience
     1. Empowering households to reduce their        2. Facilitating business to cut energy costs        3. Reducing transport emissions through active transport
     energy use and cost of living, to become        and emissions, to become more resilient,            and electrification, for community resilience
     more resilient, while moving towards net        while moving towards net zero emissions.
     zero emissions
      • Empowering households to make                     •      Engage and educate businesses to            •   Encourage Noosa residents to make a larger
        informed choices so they can capitalise                  facilitate uptake of renewable                  percentage of local commutes by active and public
        on low-carbon options                                    energy to reduce costs.                         transport
      • Facilitate uptake of renewable energy to          •      Implement targeted programs to              •   Influence more Noosa residents and businesses to
        assist in making the Noosa Shire                         facilitate business energy resilience           make the switch to EVs e.g. Expo
        Community more prepared for and                          while reducing energy use, cost             •   Facilitate more businesses to install EV chargers for
        resilient from severe weather events to                  and emissions.                                  their customers and workforce
        make the Noosa Shire Community more
        resilient                                                                                            •   Support and advocate for stronger Noosa Council
                                                                                                                 & Queensland Government policies and
                                                                                                                 infrastructure that enable active and public
                                                                                                                 transport and EV uptake
                                                              4. Efficient operations for high impact delivery
         •   Focus: All three goals focus on cost of living, financial savings, climate resilience building and energy-sector waste. Goal 4 is the enabling goal to
             strengthen ZEN Inc’s operations.as an organisation.
         •   Finance & Fundraising: Complementing Council to deliver community reductions in cost and emissions through high impact use of the alliance
             funding supported by working to diversify non-council funding.
         •   Comms. & Advocacy: Effectively disseminate information through ZEN Inc’s website and other communication channels, print and social media,
             website, and newsletters
         •   Governance & Operations: Maintain and revise as needed clear policies and processes as a framework to support the organisation in its internal
             and external roles.
         •   Format: Our model leverages (a) our direct outcomes (e.g. solar and battery projects) + (b) community engagement/education (Expo, BEA ,e-bike
             library)) + (c) targeted influence and advocacy (e.g. collaborating with peer organisations, advocating our ideas to Council) to deliver our mission.
         •   Collaboration: With strong strategic relationships, we work collaboratively with key stakeholders for greater impact (e.g. Different by nature
             (Council), regenerative tourism (Tourism Noosa), cost of living to keep locals in the Shire (Council) ) and reduce environmental impact (NBRF) .
         •   Leveraging trusted and independent community position, volunteer expertise and emerging technology to remain the region’s premier emission
             reduction organisation.