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Dr Jennifer Alden on ‘The Business of Sustaining our Edible Future’.

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Dr Jennifer Alden is a Health Broker, her business Growing Change brings people together to activate ideas to improve community health and wellbeing.  Seeing the link between what we eat and how it affects our health and that of the planet, Growing Change was established to support local community food initiatives and to consult to organisations, government and community to create opportunities to strengthen local health, environmental and social outcomes in addition to supporting local food economies. Dr Jennifer Alden will join us at the conference …

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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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Introducing Keynote Speaker Miss Parrys Raines, Founder of Climate Girl.

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held the Hotel Grand Chancellor Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. We are pleased to announce Miss Parrys Raines, Founder of Climate Girl will be joining us as a Keynote Speaker at the 2017 National Sustainability in Business Conference in March and will discuss ‘Business as a Solution, Intergenerational Collaboration as a Platform’. Today’s youth will be the generation that proves business can be a force for good and etches into history that a primary role of business is to improve society. Young people believe that business will play a crucial role in …

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How Industry and Government Meet on Sustainability

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Mr Mark Baker-Jones, Partner at DibbsBarker joins us at the conference and will present on the topic of ‘A Built Environment and Infrastructure Sector Plan: How Industry and Government Meet on Sustainability’. The Queensland state government, leading institutional property owners and developers, and representative industry bodies, have piloted the development of a built environment and infrastructure Sector Adaptation Plan (SAP). With a focus on the development industry, a SAP can identify the operational, managerial, and financial impacts of climate change upon the built environment and infrastructure …

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HVACR: A Major Source of Emissions Reduction

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 Tim Edwards, President of the Australian Refrigeration Association joins us in March and will present on the topic ‘HVACR: A Major Source of Emissions Reduction’. The presentation will explain that the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning industry will add more to global warming than all other sources of carbon emissions combined unless we stop using high GWP …

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