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Update – July 2026: The government is scrapping the scheme behind the greenwashing.
We didn't just take on one company. We took on the certification that made "carbon neutral" fossil fuels possible in the first place.After three years of submissions, research, media and a Federal Court case, the Australian Government has confirmed it will close Climate Active — the federal scheme that let companies stamp "carbon neutral" on coal and gas products as long as they bought offsets. Hundreds of businesses were certified under it. Many of the energy retailers we called out pointed straight to it as their defence.
It's gone because parents refused to let it go.Read the full story of how we got here →
But the job is only half done. The government is now deciding what replaces Climate Active: strong standards, or nothing at all. And as many as 13 energy retailers are still marketing fossil fuel products with "offset" and "carbon neutral" spin.That's why the open letter still matters. Help us get more than 2,500 signatures to share in our submission to the Federal Government on the future of climate claim standards.
Enough is enough: we’re calling out polluters for greenwashing
As parents committed to a safe climate for our children, we strive to make responsible choices. However, companies like EnergyAustralia have made this challenging by falsely marketing polluting products as ‘carbon neutral’.
In a landmark development, our legal action led to a settlement where EnergyAustralia publicly admitted that carbon offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels. They have ceased offering their 'Go Neutral' product to new customers and removed related marketing from their website.
This is a significant victory against greenwashing, demonstrating the power of parent-led action.
This win has put the industry on notice—but we need your help to keep up the pressure. Join us as we fight for honest climate claims, consumer protection, and a future free from fossil fuel spin.
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Who's still greenwashing? We checked all 34.
After the EnergyAustralia settlement, we reviewed how Australia's 34 biggest energy retailers market their products: every "carbon neutral" claim, every "offset" promise, on every website.
More than one in three were at risk of misleading their customers.
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6 "Worst Offenders" marketed fossil fuel products as fully "carbon neutral" — most of them citing the federal Climate Active scheme.
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7 "Cunning Compensators" leaned on "offsets" to sell fossil fuels, sometimes with a partial disclaimer.
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3 "Newly Fixed" dropped or acknowledged the limits of their offset claims. Credit where it's due.
We published the lot, named the companies, and put the rest of the industry on notice.
85% of the parents we surveyed said the government needs stricter rules on sustainability claims. In July 2026, the government agreed to scrap the certification scheme that so many of these retailers were hiding behind.
But 13 companies were still at it. And the scheme's closure doesn't automatically fix their marketing.
Read Climate Nonsense and see how your energy provider stacks up →
Join us in holding all energy companies accountable
While we've made significant progress with EnergyAustralia, the fight against greenwashing continues. We need your support to ensure all energy companies provide transparent and truthful information about their environmental impact.
That’s why we need you - and the people you can connect with - to sign our open letter calling on all power companies to stop greenwashing.
Sign the open letter demanding honesty and accountability from all power providers and be a part of Parents for Climate holding these companies to account.
To the power companies of Australia,
We, the undersigned, are parents and other caregivers who care about our kids’ climate.
Many of us are time-poor, so when we’re trying to choose the best products for our families we rely on companies representing their products honestly.
And we don’t appreciate being misled.
If we’re in the supermarket we expect the label to match what’s in the box. And when we buy power we expect the same.
If your products generate pollution that harms the climate our kids are growing up in, don’t market them to us as ‘green’ or ‘carbon neutral’.
If you’re misleading us into buying polluting products when we’re trying to buy clean energy, you’re misleading us into harming our kids when we’re trying to protect them.
It's our job to protect our kids. And it’s our job to teach them there are consequences for misleading behaviour, so we’re taking a stand.
Advertise the climate impact of your products honestly, so we can make real choices about what we buy.
And change your business from polluting to clean renewable energy.
Sincerely,
Australian parents, grandparents, carers and family members.
