Pacific Trade Invest Australia
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Gender equality
- Decent work and economic growth
Social Achievements
- Assisted 230 women-led businesses
- Launched the Social Media for eBusiness professional development scholarship program (65 participants)
- Launched the PTI Australia x Canva Digital Design Program (52 participants)
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on supply chains, logistics, and freight costs
- International border closures disrupting trade and tourism
Mitigation Strategies
- Launched COVID-19 Freight Assistance Package
- Shifted trade, investment, tourism, and labour mobility programs to virtual and hybrid formats
- Provided digital capacity building initiatives
- Published PTI Pacific Business Monitor reports to inform stakeholders
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 8
Improving the livelihoods of Pacific people by enabling decent work and economic growth in the Blue Pacific.