The Action Exchange was commissioned by AFR Insights, the thought leadership division of The Australian Financial Review, to author a high-impact white paper for CMC Markets.

CMC Markets’ objective was to deliver an agenda-setting thought leadership piece for their audience of sophisticated investors while strategically leveraging the prestige and reach of the AFR brand. The challenge: identifying a market-relevant topic that would remain relevant in a rapidly moving space, while satisfying regulatory requirements around financial communications.

The Action Exchange was delighted to work with Lendlease to produce a new thought leadership paper on Australia’s opportunity to build a new export industry in AI data centre capabilities.

Lendlease posed a provocative question - what would it take for Australia to position itself as a leading player in the global race for AI advantage?

Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation, was established to tackle a problem that is widespread but poorly understood: ocean pollution in all its forms, not just plastics. Pollution enters the ocean through land-based activities, carried by stormwater, rivers, waste systems, and industrial practices. With no single source, there is no simple solution.

Australian businesses are navigating a profoundly complex global landscape, defined by economic volatility, compressed margins, and rapid technological disruption. In this challenging environment, the finance function is undergoing a critical transformation, moving decisively from traditional governance and reporting to becoming a strategic partner and driver of value creation.

Amy Fong, Director of Marketing and Communications at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), has built a career at the intersection of purpose and performance. She sat down with The Action Exchange to discuss the evolving nature of thought leadership in the energy transition and managing multi-stakeholder expectations

The Climate Solutions Advantage is a practical guide designed to help large organisations and industry associations champion climate action across Australia’s mid-tier business sector. Developed by the Centre for Policy Development and The Action Exchange, the guide provides clear, compelling messages to communicate the economic benefits of climate solutions.

Lauded by politicians and industry leaders as 'the envy of the developed world', Australia's compulsory superannuation industry has quietly become one of the world's largest institutional investors. This article, published by QIC, provides a short background on Australia’s superannuation sector.

Digital technologies have become the bedrock of modern society, and their reliability and resilience are increasingly issues of national importance. Operational resilience has moved from an IT concern to a whole of organisation priority. Read our latest report, ‘Ahead of the Curve,’ in partnership with AFR Insights and PagerDuty.