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How Sustainable Is IKEA, Really?

IKEA is a Swedish-founded, Dutch-based global retail behemoth. Offering low-cost, visually appealing furniture in well-designed highly-coordinated warehouse spaces, it’s little wonder IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer and has been for the last decade. In recent years, the company has put sustainability front and centre, releasing its ‘People & Planet Positive‘ roadmap, a document outlining its 2020 sustainability strategy. Some of the objectives outlined in the report include: sourcing 100% of its wood, paper and cardboard from more sustainable sources, defined as recycled or FSC® certified wood using cotton sourced from “more sustainable” sources, such as “Better Cotton“ that 90% of products …

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Partnering for Success

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Ms Alice Cahill, Manager, Sustainability Advantage, Office of Environment and Heritage joins us next month to discuss ‘Partnering for Success’. Sustainability Advantage is the NSW Government’s flagship sustainability program encouraging and enabling medium-to-large businesses to be productive contributors to the NSW economy while minimising their impact on the environment. Now in its 10th year, this adaptable and flexible program continues to work with a broad range or organisations across NSW to help drive positive environmental and business success. Sustainability Advantage is a unique, award winning business …

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Sustainable Building Practices Using the Green Star Certification Tool

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Mr Adriaan Window, Sustainable Consulting Engineer at the University of Queensland and Umow Lai QLD Pty Ltd joins us to discuss ‘A Social and Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis of Sustainable Building Practices Using the Green Star Certification Tool’. This research aims to create a cost-benefit analysis framework for evaluating the social and environmental factors that result from the implementation of the Australian Green Star certification scheme. Specifically, the framework is used to evaluate economic efficiency as a net present value of the marginal costs and benefits derived …

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A 2017 Case Study from a New Orleans Social Innovation Incubator Lab

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Dr Virginia Munro PhD from Griffith University will join us to discuss ‘Twelve Years On: A 2017 Case Study from a New Orleans Social Innovation Incubator Lab – With Example Startups and Sustainable Enterprises (The Calm That Came from the 2005 Storm)’. This presentation discusses a Social Innovation Incubation Lab Virginia visited in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) last year. The Social Innovation Incubation Lab has been assisting with social venture set-ups since 2009. When Virginia was invited to present on CSR Social Initiatives at the …

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A $4.5m Annual Power Bill to Energy Self-Sufficiency?

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Mrs Debbie Firestone, Program Leader – Sustainability at Tweed Shire Council will join us to discuss ‘From A $4.5m Annual Power Bill to Energy Self-Sufficiency? Tweed Shire Councils Energy Practices and Plans’. With an annual electricity bill of over $4.5m to power over 52 services, 700 employees working across 390 sites, an elected body representing over 40,000 ratepayer shareholders and a population of over 92,000 residents, the Tweed Shire Council faces the full range of energy opportunities and challenges inherent to any business: – bringing …

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Battery Storage for Business – A New Tool in The Energy Transition

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. Mr David Malicki, Senior Team Leader at the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage will join us at the conference to discuss ‘Battery Storage for Business – A New Tool in The Energy Transition’. Battery energy storage is still in its infancy in Australia, but technological improvements, falling prices and news buzz from companies such as Tesla, …

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SWOT Analysis of The Global B Corp Movement

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Shanah Trevenn is CEO of Smart Sustainability Consulting and joins us at the conference to discuss  ‘Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of The Global B Corp Movement’. B Corp is rapidly becoming the global gold standard certification for private enterprises using the force of business for good.  B Corp stands for benefit corporation since it assesses how a company bakes sustainability values and practices into the DNA of their organisation ensuring all sectors of the company create environmental and social benefit.  B Corp aims to transform …

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Introducing Mr Greg Edmonds from Charles Kendall Australia

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. Mr Greg Edmonds, Managing Director at Charles Kendall Australia joins us at the conference and will discuss ‘Procurement as An Enabler for Sustainability’. In the past, there has tended to be a focus on technology as the key enabler for sustainability initiatives. After all, the implications of technological change can sometimes be more easily measured and the …

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Early Bird Registration Closing in 7 days!

The 2017 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March and will address the need for sustainable business practices, and what this means in today’s ever-changing world. 2017 Conference Topics Include: Renewable Energy Systems and Sources – Biofuel, Biomass, Hydrogen & 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 …

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Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Australia

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Dr Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar, Lecturer at James Cook University, QLD joins us at the conference to discuss ‘Opportunities and Challenges for Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Australia’. While there is a great need for projects that help coastal communities adapt to the impacts of climate change, investment flows into adaptation are scarce. A recent study commissioned by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility describes several ways to finance and/or fund the broad range of adaptation initiatives needed to secure coastal assets. The study draws on …

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