Every year, the Queensland Premier’s Sustainability Awards recognised the achievements of communities, schools, individuals, businesses and industries in adopting sustainable business practices. Now in its seventh year, the 2016 Premier’s Sustainability Awards raise the profile of business sustainability as a strategy for business competitiveness.
Nearly 150 nominations were received from across Queensland from businesses, rural landholders,.
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Category Archives: Sustainable business
Green ICT ebook released
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21 August 2016: The Fifth Estate has released another ebook providing practical support for sustainable business - this time, green ICT is the focus. Australia’s corporations are realising they need to get green, not just for the environment, but also for better branding and.
20 May 2016, Amsterdam. Today the UN Global Compact and GRI have announced a renewed Memorandum of Understanding. The signing took place at the 5th GRI Global Conference. The groups will continue collaboration over the next three years, notably in.
By Allan Fels, University of Melbourne: New data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that Australians spent an estimated A$8 billion on mental health related services in 2013-14. The direct financial impact on Australian business is in the vicinity of $11 billion every year, largely due to absenteeism.
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January 26, 2016: The largest ever study of climate data from suppliers and their customers has raised concerns about a lack of supplier carbon disclosure. The report has been produced by CDP in partnership with BSR. It is timely given the historic international deal agreed at.
21 December 2015: GRI, architect of the world’s sustainability data is convening a new technology consortium to spur on innovations that will foster more inclusive and sustainable economies and businesses. Over the course of next year and beyond, GRI will convene a conversation, among prominent representatives.
David L Levy, University of Massachusetts Boston
In the run-up to the much-anticipated COP21 international climate summit in Paris, business leaders worldwide have shown substantial support for action on greenhouse gases (GHG).The White House launched the American Business Act on Climate Pledge, with 81 companies representing US$5 trillion in market value committing.
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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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