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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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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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The Investor Perspective on Climate Change

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March. Emma Herd is the Chief Executive Officer at the Investor Group on Climate Change and joins us next month at the Conference as a Keynote Speaker to discuss ‘The Investor Perspective on Climate Change’. Investors have a critical role to play in managing the financial risks of climate change and driving investment into low carbon solutions. In the two years since the Paris Agreement was finalised, global investors have stepped up their efforts to address climate change, through corporate …

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Join us at the 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference!

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference is almost here again and will be held in a few weeks 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. The conference speakers and partners will provide insight into how they are interweaving sustainability practices within their organisations, navigating change and the differences they are making within national and multinational companies and small business. 2018 Topics Include: Integration Politics Technology automation Future of renewables Procurement Food security Sustainable construction Waste as …

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The Pathway to Sustainability for AMP Capital’s Real Estate Business

The 2018 National Sustainability in Business Conference is almost upon us, this year being held over Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane.  Chris Nunn is Head of Sustainability at AMP Capital Real Estate and joins us at the conference as a Keynote Speaker to discuss ‘The Pathway to Sustainability for AMP Capital’s Real Estate Business’. AMP Capital is an investment management firm with approximately A$ 178 Billion in Assets Under Management (AUM as at 1H17). The AMP Capital Real Estate division has approximately $23 Bn of AUM, consisting of over 80 properties, including shopping centres, …

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