The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017.
Mr Antony Sprigg, CEO of ISCA joins us at the conference to discuss ‘Changing the Infrastructure Legacy’.
We have the opportunity to change the legacy of infrastructure in Australia for current and future generations. The path that will enable the achievement of policy outcomes through a unified community of practice that drives industry productivity and efficiency beyond compliance has been developed; all we need to do is adopt it.
In order to ensure infrastructure is planned, designed, constructed and operated to optimise short and long term environmental, social, economic and governance outcomes, infrastructure projects and assets should be benchmarked against industry led performance based quadruple-bottom-line best practices. Benchmarking increases awareness of key issues and provides a structure for improvement. Benchmarking to a common framework also enables the development of a community of practice between project owners, designers, decision-makers, suppliers and operators, transforming the way infrastructure is planned, designed, built, and operated.
The Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) is a member-based not-for-profit public and private industry council. ISCA is the peak industry body for advancing sustainability outcomes in infrastructure. The principal means by which ISCA is advancing sustainability outcomes in infrastructure is through the development and facilitation of the IS rating scheme. Since launching in 2012, over $79 billion in infrastructure and civil works projects or assets across Australia and New Zealand have either been certified or registered for an IS rating. The IS rating scheme is Australia’s only comprehensive rating scheme for evaluating sustainability across design, construction and operation of infrastructure.
2017 Conference Topics Include:
- Renewable Energy Systems and Sources – Biofuel, Biomass, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, Hydropower, Solar Energy, Geothermal Energy, Wave Energy, Tidal energy, Energy Storage and Wind Power. This can also include energy transformation from renewable energy system to grid.
- Think Local First – development of the local economy and community, urban agriculture, Buy Local.
- Innovative Business Opportunities – Incubators, Start Ups, Venture Capital / Entrepreneurs.
- The Energy Market – Regulators, Wholesale and Supply Chain, Retailers, Consumer Demand, Carbon trading, Emissions.
- Trends, Policies and Strategies – current and emerging trends, technologies, research, government policies and industry initiatives within the environmental and sustainability sector
- Financial Impact – social and environmental risk, industry development, operational and managerial impact, market risk and opportunity, stakeholder issues
- Innovation – energy transition, application and feasibility, social and economic change, research and development opportunities
For more information on the 2017 National Sustainability in Business Conference and to secure your spot today, please visit the conference website