by Peter Burdon
Discussions at the Paris climate talks take place within incredibly narrow parameters. In fact, it would not be too great an exaggeration to say that the summit’s main purpose is to send the private sector a message about which way it should steer its future investments.
The financial press tends to be the most.
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The 2015 Queensland Premier’s Sustainability Awards recognised the achievements of communities, schools, individuals, businesses and industries in adopting sustainable business practices. In 2015, the awards attracted close to 120 nominations across ten categories ranging from some of the state’s biggest infrastructure projects to small, innovative and game-changing enterprises.
Over 480 people attended the awards presentation dinner where.
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19 October 2015: Twenty-one Green Globe Awards 2015 winners were announced at a gala ceremony held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales last week. Environment Minister Mark Speakman congratulated the winners, who play a pivotal role in leading sustainable development right across the.
Managing the transition to a sustainable economy needs to be planned and swift. This workshop will bring together leading academics from a range of fields, such as engineering, psychology and economics, to better understand the challenges faced by contemporary policymakers in creating a new energy economy that must inevitably emerge in the face of global.
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11 August 2015: Responsible investment assets form an ever greater portion of the country’s investment industry reaching $630 billion of assets and showing no signs of slowing down.
Launched today, the new report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), the most comprehensive review of the responsible investment sector in Australia (now in its 14th year),.
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Julia Thornton discusses constructively framing a low-carbon future and climate change in conversations, business, policy and the media.
Reproduced with permission from Dissent Magazine (Australia), Summer 2009/2010
1: What is going on?
Climate change is complex. Taking the idea of climate change and making it into a clear picture of how you and I will live.
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9 June 2015, Amsterdam. GRI, pioneer of the sustainability reporting process, has unveiled plans to expand its scope to catalyze the next era of sustainability reporting. These plans include a focus on four strategic priorities as well as a new brand to support this strategy. GRI already provides the world’s most trusted and widely used.
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30 April 2015: 33 % of S&P/ASX200 companies still rate in the two lowest categories of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors’ annual review of sustainability disclosure. ACSI’s sustainability disclosure research, now in its eighth year with this 2015 report, assesses the level of public.
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10 March 2015: A new report from ClimateWorks has found Australia could nearly double its energy productivity by 2030, delivering significant benefits to the economy and a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
ClimateWorks Australia Executive Director, Anna Skarbek said the report, Australia’s Energy Productivity Potential found.
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ClimateWorks Australia Executive Director, Anna Skarbek said the report, Australia’s Energy Productivity Potential found.
By Ana-Maria Bliuc, Monash University and Craig McGarty, University of Western Sydney
It can be tempting to think that people who disagree with you are mad, bad or simply stupid. However, not only are such judgements usually wrong, but telling people that they are stupid is unlikely to convince them of the.