August 2014 - Getting to Sustainability Archive

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August

Ross Garnaut: China to reach ‘peak coal’ for electricity by 2015

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By James Whitmore, The Conversation [caption id="attachment_3315" align="alignright" width="160"]

Ross Garnaut[/caption] China’s use of coal for electricity could peak as early as next year, then decline until 2020 in a turnaround of “global importance”, according to economist Ross Garnaut in a lecture presented at the Melbourne.

31
August

EY acquires Net Balance to form the biggest sustainability practice in Australia

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27 August 2014: Net Balance has announced that it is joining EY’s climate change and sustainability services group. The result will see the combined team become the biggest sustainability practice in Australia working with clients across the public, private and not for profit sectors. [caption id="attachment_3306" align="alignright".

20
August

From the Reef to the RET: the politicisation of environmental science in Australia

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By David Holmes, Monash University The future of Australia’s climate and respect for environmental science stand to be the biggest losers in all of the forms of class-mobilised politicisation that are impacting Australia currently. Somewhere between the vocation of politics and the vocation of science, Australia has lost its way – to the point where.

2
August

What is a circular economy?

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By Teresa Domenech, University College London

The concept of the circular economy has left the realm of academic theory and entered the world of business. The price of natural resources and materials is soaring, and in response to volatile markets and increasing competition, developed nations are examining this sort of alternative economic model.

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