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 support model built on the premise of partnership. It supports a spectrum of partners, from those looking to start on their sustainability journey, through to major multinational companies seeking to demonstrate their environmental leadership by reducing their carbon emissions to zero.
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 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 & development opportunities
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.
