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    Industrial Processes and Product Use

    Emissions Reduction and Resilience Plan for Tasmania's industrial processes and product use (IPPU) sector

    The first legislated Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU) Emissions Reduction and Resilience Plan has now been released.

    The Plan was prepared after both public and targeted consultation. You can read the submissions on the draft Plan.

    The Plan also includes a summary of the key themes from consultation, and how the Plan addresses these key themes.

    Focus areas

    The five focus areas of the Plan to reduce emissions and build resilience in the IPPU sector are:

    1. We will support research, development and the adoption of existing and emerging decarbonisation technology.
    2. We will support the market for local lower emissions products.
    3. We will support the sector in the transition to a lower emissions economy.
    4. We will build resilience to the impacts of climate change.
    5. We will drive action through partnerships and collaboration.

    Under each focus area there are new commitments, future funding priorities, and initiatives that already exist or are in-progress.

    Reducing emissions and building resilience in the IPPU sector

    • Partner with research organisations and cooperative research centres (CRCs) to fund the development of low emissions technologies for the IPPU sector.
    • Partner with industry and research institutions to deliver industry roundtable meetings with Tasmanian businesses, peak industry bodies, government, and research organisations that focus on specific issues and barriers for the sector to reduce emissions.
    • Map the strategic transition requirements for Tasmanian businesses to reduce emissions from their energy use and industrial processes to support government and industry to plan for the transition.

    We will also increase our collaboration and coordination across government to:

    • Expand the current engagement with industry through the Tasmanian Advanced Manufacturing Action Plan 2028 and continue to support existing Memoranda of Understanding with Tasmanian major industrial businesses to support our large emitters to reduce emissions and achieve their decarbonisation plans.
    • Increase support for Tasmanian businesses to access funding through existing Australian Government schemes.

    The IPPU Plan also includes future funding priorities to guide action over the next five years.

    We have developed Tasmania’s Emissions Reduction and Resilience Roadmap 2024-29 to show the links between all sectoral plans and Tasmania’s first statewide climate change risk assessment.

    There are common challenges and opportunities for all sectors. As part of the Roadmap we will introduce four key programs to support business and industry in all sectors to reduce emissions, build resilience and stay competitive in the transition to low emissions.

    See Tasmania’s Emissions Reduction and Resilience Roadmap 2024-29 for more information.

    Climate change and industrial processes and product use in Tasmania

    The Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU) sector includes direct emissions from a range of chemical processes used to manufacture products. The sector also includes emissions from the use of synthetic greenhouse gases and fossil fuels for non-energy purposes.

    Tasmania has six major industrial facilities which each have scope 1 emissions over 100,000 tonnes (t) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) per year. Scope 1 emissions are emissions from sources owned and controlled by the facility. Many of the emissions from these major industrial businesses are accounted for in the IPPU sector, and some in the energy sector.

    Find out more about Tasmania’s greenhouse gas emissions from IPPU and other sectors in our annual greenhouse gas report.

    Climate change brings significant risks for manufacturers and other businesses in the IPPU sector. There is an increasing expectation from markets and consumers for businesses to reduce emissions and create environmentally responsible products. The IPPU sector has difficult-to-abate emissions that will require significant investment and research to be implemented at scale.

    Increased temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns, and increased bushfires and other extreme events can have significant impacts on industrial facilities, workers, and product supply chains.

    Find out more about the Tasmanian Government’s action to build resilience to the impacts of climate change in our response to Tasmania’s Risk Assessment for Climate Change 2024.

    Stay up-to-date

    We will work with key partners and the community to develop and implement the actions in the Agriculture Plan.

    We will keep you informed through this website, and we encourage you to sign up for our newsletter and follow the Tasmanian Climate Change Office on Facebook.