McKinsey was paid $1.6m over 11 weeks to conduct detailed energy and climate policy analysis for the Australian government despite its ties to fossil fuel companies.
Critics claim outsourcing the work to McKinsey was inappropriate given its prior work for major fossil fuel firms, including Caltex and Shell Australia.
The Department of Climate Change stated the contract was necessary due to a lack of internal technical capacity, prompting scrutiny over corporate conflicts of interest.
McKinsey's role involved providing a robust evidence-base for policy measures, raising concerns about the firm’s influence on climate decisions while having strong fossil fuel connections.
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