Collective transitioning of a heavy industrial area towards ‘Net Zero Carbon’: the critical role of Governance in delivering Enterprise action

Industrial enterprises around the world are grappling with greenhouse gas emission reduction expectations, whether being driven by respective government policy for climate change or shareholders to drive corporate sustainability through maintaining access their ‘net zero’-demanding markets. In some instances, co-located within complex industrial areas coming together face common carbon challenge as a collective. The Kwinana Area in Perth, Western Australia is well regarded on world's stage successful integrated heavy precinct, presenting an extensive, complex, and broad-based example of Symbiosis. earlier papers, authors have posited novel four-dimensional framework expand definition Symbiosis be used understand why one precinct may more its resident industries operate than another, application design new areas. four dimensions described Materials Exchange, Skilled Workforce, Support Industry, Governance. Through lens literature frameworks, we investigate governance dimension industry's response contemporary challenge. outputs paper include review dimension, description cascading nature from global enterprise level. We illustrate how enhanced practice detailing collectively responded requirement reduction, achieved facilitative governance-based intervention industry association, Industries Council. Exploring this in-practice helped consolidate hypothesis that symbiosis about positive relationships across several building towards improved Circular Economy outcomes.