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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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Opportunities for Sustainable Urbanism from The Rise of Autonomous Vehicles

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held this week over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  Ms Jessica Holz, Senior Ecologically Sustainable Design Engineer at Aurecon joins us at the Conference and will discuss ‘Opportunities for Sustainable Urbanism from The Rise of Autonomous Vehicles’. The rise of autonomous vehicles at a time of rapid technological and associated behavioural changes, population growth, and pressured natural resources presents exciting opportunities for sustainable urbanism. Autonomous vehicle technology is advancing quickly, with trials already underway in various Australian cities and international locations. Experts agree that the positive …

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Banking on Shared Value – The Bendigo Pathway

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held next week over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  Kate Wakeling, State Community Manager – Queensland at Bendigo Bank joins us next week at the Conference as a Keynote Speaker and will present ‘Banking on Shared Value – The Bendigo Pathway’. Banking on Shared Value – The Bendigo Pathway Shared Value is a concept now gaining global momentum, although it has been central to the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank strategy for its entire 160 year history. With big banks, big business and our institutions such …

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Queensland’s journey towards ZNE 2050

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  Tony Roberts, Deputy Director-General, Environmental Policy and Planning at the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection joins us at the Conference as a Keynote Speaker to discuss ‘Queensland’s journey towards ZNE 2050’. The Queensland Government is committed to playing its part in the global effort to address the impacts of climate change and has set an ambitious target of transitioning the State to a zero net emission economy by 2050. The Government will achieve this outcome by preparing …

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Rethinking Sustainability to Enable a Circular Economy (Or to Resource the World)

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  Ms Simone Looi-Britton, Sustainability & Public Policy General Manager, Veolia Australia and New Zealand joins us at the Conference as a Keynote Speaker to discuss ‘Rethinking Sustainability to Enable a Circular Economy (Or to Resource the World)’. Veolia is committed to rethinking sustainability to create a greener future for our customers, our communities and ourselves. We rethink water through reuse, rethink waste through recycling and rethink energy through regeneration. By using yesterday’s old to build a new tomorrow globally, …

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Jurlique International – Sustainability has been part of our DNA since 1985

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  Jurlique is an Australian based global skin care company, founded in 1985 and based in the pristine Adelaide Hills. The company has been named as Australia’s Number 1 selling prestige skincare brand from 2014 to 2016, it  is present in over 22 countries and has been successful both due to the unique product characteristics and due to the brand which resonates with consumers globally. Jon Westover, Managing Director – Global Operations at Jurlique International joins us at the Conference as …

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The Business Case for Packaging Sustainability

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  Dr Helen Lewis, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS joins us at the upcoming 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference in Brisbane as a Keynote Speaker to discuss ‘The Business Case for Packaging Sustainability’. Most organisations deal with packaging every day. If they don’t make or sell packaging, or packaged products, they generate packaging waste at their farm, factory, office, warehouse, store or building site. Packaging sustainability is therefore a challenge that we all share. Community …

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Dr Mark Tatam from Kingspan Insulated Panels to join us in March

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  The 2nd annual conference will explore sustainability best practice within organisations, creating resilience in business and ways to implement change. 2018 Topics Include: Integration Politics Technology automation Future of renewables Procurement Food security Sustainable construction Waste as a resource Click here to download the conference program. Dr Mark Tatam, Building Technology Director at Kingspan Insulated Panels joins us in a few weeks at the Conference to discuss ‘Triple Bottom Line Performance and Sustainability – Kingspan Insulated Panels and The …

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China’s National Sword and The Impact on Australia’s Recycling

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  Mr Mike Ritchie, MRA Director at MRA Consulting Group joins us in March at the Conference to discuss ‘China’s National Sword and The Impact on Australia’s Recycling’. Traditionally China has been the world’s largest importer of recycled paper and plastics. Chinese buyers have purchased mixed paper and plastic with higher levels of contamination and at higher prices than Australian domestic markets can use or afford. Australia relies heavily on China for recycling, with an estimated two thirds of …

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Fostering Organisational Citizenship Behaviour for The Environment

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  The 2nd annual conference will explore sustainability best practice within organisations, creating resilience in business and ways to implement change. Mr Dominic Piacun, Sustainability Officer at Brisbane Boys’ College joins us to discuss ‘Fostering Organisational Citizenship Behaviour for The Environment’. More so now than ever, businesses are attempting to become more sustainable. For many established businesses though, engaging individual employees to perform more green behaviours while at work is an obstacle proving difficult to overcome. If effectively cultivated, discretionary …

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