Services
with meaningful impact.
Progress Partners offers
trusted, expert counsel in public affairs, government relations and sustainability strategy.
We tailor specific solutions to the needs of our client partners.
Our government relations practice works with governments and oppositions across Australia. We have a network of trusted partners across the political spectrum, to deliver integrated nationwide strategies.
Our public affairs practice works with media organisations nationwide, and across all relevant media platforms.
Our sustainability practice works with organisations and leaders in Australia and across the globe.
Our values are defined by our desire to build a better future: leadership, sustainability, authenticity and meaningful impact.
As trusted partners of business leaders, communities and governments, we work with clients that are aligned with our strategic objectives and approach.
Public Affairs
Effective communications, media and stakeholder strategies allow you to influence those who can shape the future of your business, organisation or community. It is fundamental to your success.
Government Relations
Building strong, constructive and strategic relationships with governments and decision makers, helps you to shape the future of your business, organisation or community.
Sustainability Strategy and ESG
In an energy and carbon constrained world, governments, shareholders, communities, and customers alike are using their power to
shape the future.
Without a comprehensive and impactful sustainability strategy, you're missing out on improving your bottom line, and the social and environmental outcomes of your community.
Public Affairs
Media Relations and Strategy
Engage with media organisations and opinion leaders across all platforms, to get your products, services and people in front of Australians, with the right message.
Develop media relations strategies tailored to your organisation's key audiences.
Manage media relationships proactively
over time to ensure your strategies connect with the people who write the news.
Media Training
Train senior executives, spokespeople and candidates in media presentation and management skills.
Develop, train and mentor media relations professionals in media management.
Advise on the structure and composition of public affairs teams to ensure your organisation is well-served by the resources allocated to public affairs and their objectives align with your business strategy.
Issue Management /
Crisis Communications
Develop issues management strategies and organisational protocols for your business or organisation.
Develop proactive crisis communications plans to ensure your organisation is ready for operational and brand crises.
Execute crisis communications plans during high risk moments and events, as they arise.
Market Research and Opinion Polling
Conduct qualitative focus group research on issues, brands and people, to help your organisation understand your customers and shape your strategy.
Conduct quantitative market research to understand how widely and deeply felt issues are in relation to your brand, products or services in your relevant markets.
Campaign Strategy and Management
Develop a winning campaign strategy
on particular issues in the public domain, to help your organisation to shape public opinion on issues, policies, people, products, projects or services.
Implement campaign strategies and manage campaigns in market segments and communities to ensure your organisation's campaign objectives are achieved.
Stakeholder Management
Audit and assess your key stakeholders for risks and opportunities for your organisation across industry, community, media and regulatory environments.
Develop comprehensive stakeholder management strategies to ensure your organisation is ahead of the curve on the key issues impacting your operations.
Engage stakeholders and execute management strategies on important and high risk projects.
Government Relations
Government Engagement Strategy
Develop government engagement programs to build strong, constructive and strategic relationships with government decision makers and influencers across political, departmental and independent regulatory environments.
Build alliances, and manage divergence and conflict
on issues
where the interests of your business, community or industry align or diverge, from the government of the day, through meaningful engagement programs.
Regulatory Risk Management
Conduct regulatory risk management audits in your organisation, business or industry to ensure you're not caught out by sudden change.
Develop strategies to manage the regulatory risks and opportunities associated with your business, project or cause.
Implement progressive regulatory change strategies that benefit your business, industry and community.
Strategic Communications Strategy
Develop strategic communications plans which integrate your public affairs, government relations and sustainability strategies to ensure maximum impact and return.
Build third party support for your policy proposals, through issue based strategic communications initiatives.
Opposition and Multi-Party Engagement
Develop strategies and execute plans for broadly supported policy change impacting your business, industry or community, through engagement with cross-bench representatives and Oppositions, in federal, state and territory, upper and lower houses.
Public Policy Development and Parliamentary Engagement
Develop new policies which better support industry growth, and support communities of interest.
Build community support for policy change in communities, industries or particular sectors.
Work with parliamentary inquiries and processes
to advance the interests of your community, industry or sector.
Sustainability Strategy
Sustainability Strategy
Develop comprehensive sustainability strategies for your organisation to align your business outcomes with customer expectations.
Train, mentor and develop executives in your organisation to implement and embed sustainability practice into your operations and core business strategy.
Identify and capitalise on market opportunities for your business in specific ESG market customer segments.
Define, manage and secure the future of your social license to operate in critical sectors, or implement strategies and community campaigns to highlight the erosion of the social license to operate of existing operators in your community.
Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)
Audit, measure and manage ESG across your organisation, including indigenous recognition and engagement, labour practices and modern slavery, diversity and inclusion, energy consumption and carbon emissions and environmental impact.
Conduct supply chain assessments for ESG risk and develop strategies to manage that risk.
Implement broad Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices, including human capital enhancement, ethical marketing and community engagement.
Climate Governance
Prepare your business for mandatory climate governance practices, and reporting
on stock exchanges, in contracts with suppliers and in dealings with regulators.
Manage the divestment risk for your business, or run divestment campaigns on products, practices or organisations inconsistent with a sustainable future.
Align your climate governance framework with sustainable investment funds to attract new investment for your business.
Circular Economy
Assess the waste and resource intensity of your products, organisation or community, to understand your impact, and realise potential savings.
Develop strategies to reduce waste and resource intensity in your organisation.
Engage in industry collaboration in circular economy strategies to minimise cost and maximise impact at scale.
Energy and Carbon Strategy
Assess energy use and implement strategies to reduce costs, through transition to appropriate renewable sources, aligned with your business needs.
Assess, reduce, offset and actively manage carbon emissions across your business and supply chain.