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Events
Environment & Emergency Incident & Reporting Laws - Forum & Workshop
Sydney - 11 May
An SBA, ASBG event, with Henry Davis York
To update business organisations on how to prepare for incident management actions, covering new environment and safety incident response and prevention laws
For program details and to register, click here.
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Member News
Parsons Brinckerhoff Sustainability Executive Caroline Holmstrom has been appointed to the Commonwealth Business Council - Commonwealth Business Women (CBW) Australia steering committee.
Making the announcement at the Federation of Business and Professional Women International (BPW) Executive meeting in Melbourne, President Freda Miriklis said she was pleased to have someone of Caroline’s capability join the steering committee.
“Empowering women to participate fully in business and economic activity is essential to building stronger economies and propelling businesses’ operations and goals,” President Miriklis said.
The Commonwealth Business women’s initiative brings together the collective experience, relationships, reputation and reach of the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC), the International federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International) and the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAWE). |
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So I've been thinking ...
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What is your company’s most important asset?
Most of you will say “people.” Many CEOs say this as well. However, ask yourself this: Where are people on the financial statements? People are categorized as an expense on the income statement, not as an asset on the balance sheet. This leads to people being treated as disposable rather than investable – as costs to cut, rather than appreciating assets...
Andrew Petersen
CEO
Sustainable Business Australia
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Policy & Regulation |
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Advocating smart public policy to address social and environmental risks |
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Why in this day and age are we still having these issues?
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A high-level project designed to boost the number of women in the green energy sector could fail to succeed, if it continues to be pushed to the sidelines of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Summit, the high profile meeting of 23 energy ministers from the world's 23 largest economies held in London during the week. |
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Meanwhile. the men (and two women) decided
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As the 3rd Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) closed in London it announced a series of commitments designed to accelerate the global rollout of clean technologies and bolster links between governments and green businesses. |
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Markets |
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Highlighting the role of environment markets for consumers and investors |
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This is big – I mean really big…
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Businesses have been told they can take advantage of a "staggeringly large" market for renewable energy solutions in developing countries and help the UN achieve its goal of global universal access to energy by 2030. |
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Technology |
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Unlocking IPR and technology licensing issues |
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Hands across the ocean
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Under a new agreement finalised at the 3rd Clean Energy Ministerial, the UK and South Korea will share nuclear, wind and other forms of renewable energy technologies and expertise. |
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The band must be sooooo excited
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Honda has announced it has teamed up with the Japan Metals & Chemicals Company to develop what is being hailed as the world's first mass-production rare earth recycling process. |
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Finance & Investment |
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Focusing on new investment vehicles to support new technologies |
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How can CCS get out of a hole?
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The UK government is to invest up to £60m to help emerging markets develop Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. |
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On your marks, get set, Innovate !
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Green start ups are to receive £35m of government funding to develop and demonstrate low carbon technologies, services, and business models under a new three year government programme unveiled this week. |
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Consumer & Supplier |
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Identifying how business aligns with consumer attitudes |
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The ultimate green (and yellow, red, blue and black) driving machine
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BMW has unveiled the 200 electric vehicles and 400 bicycles that will help ensure the London Olympics Games' fleet does not exceed average emissions of 120 grams of CO2 per kilometre. |
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Out with the old, in with the…oh, hang on a sec…
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UK Retailer Marks & Spencer is aiming to prevent over 350 million pieces of clothing going to landfill by encouraging customers to hand in an unwanted item when buying new clothes. |
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Rail-roading vehicle tailpipe emissions
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Having looked into the futures of both car and train development, former Ford engineer and now chairman-designate of the UK's Network Rail, Richard Parry-Jones believes that by the end of this decade the most Earth-friendly internal-combustion engine cars will be about as polluting, on a per-passenger basis, as high-speed electric trains. |
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