Mr Simon Berry, Partner at Berry Simons joins us in March

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. The Conference theme ‘Renewables – Markets – Innovation – Opportunities – Capital’ will address the need for sustainable business practices, and what this means in today’s ever-changing world.

Simon Berry

Mr Simon Berry, Partner at Berry Simons joins us in March to discuss ‘Geothermal Energy in New Zealand – An Overview’.

New Zealand has installed geothermal generating capacity of 750MWe with produces around 13% of New Zealand’s electricity supply. Most growth has occurred since the 1990’s. This paper provides an overview of geothermal energy production in New Zealand; describes the legal and institutional arrangements for planning for and consenting geothermal energy developments; describes the manner in which key issues (sustainable management; addressing potential adverse effects, etc.) are addressed via those arrangements; and comments on the future of geothermal energy in New Zealand.

Click here to download the conference program.

For more information on the 2017 National Sustainability in Business Conference and to secure your spot today, please visit the conference website.

 

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