Sustainability

Full report now available via link: Sustainability Let’s Talk 15 Sustainability. What is it and how do business leaders and governments navigate its complexity? This is the question I raised in 2014 at an international sustainable development conference when presenting an integrated approach towards ‘Sustainability Strategy’ as an opportunity for transformational growth. The importance of sustainable…

Q&A with Kavita Prakash-Mani, Executive Director for Grow Asia – Sustainability, Let’s Talk Kavita Prakash-Mani is the Executive Director for Grow Asia. Grow Asia is a bold initiative and organisation. They encompass a formidable Asia-Pacific team (based in Singapore), convened by the World Economic Forum in partnership with the Association of South East Asian Nations…

Q&A Banking and Finance – Sustainability, Let’s Talk As part of the #sustainabilityletstalk15 initiative, I recently sat down with Murray Coxon. Murray acts as a Financial Facilitator, providing transaction packaging and high-end capital for business. We discussed specifically the banking and finance sector and what sustainability means for the industry. My biggest takeaway from our conversation,…

Sustainability. Business leaders, government and communities all look at sustainability through different lenses. Be it climate change and renewables, social impact, duty of care, environmental, ethical practice from human through to material choices and financial; just to name a few.   Personally, we would love to see sustainability treated less in silos and more as…

‘How we react to these difficult times will determine our future. We have huge potential if only we realised it’.   No truer words, spoken by the Hon. Dr Mike Nahan MLA, Western Australia’s Treasurer, Minster for Energy and Minister for Multicultural Interests. This of course, doesn’t just apply to the changing landscape of the…

During May of this year, I provided the keynote address at an international sustainable development conference held in Dubai, discussing the challenges around supply chain sustainability and maintaining commercial value. Incredibly, whilst supply chain is a key part of the sustainable issues we face globally today, the potential impact of commercial decisions made both upstream…

During May I had the honour of providing the keynote address at the International CSR and Sustainable Development Conference, held in Dubai. Whilst having the opportunity to open the conference, together with Dr Tamer Elewa of British University Dubai and Dr Biplap Loha Choudhury of Centre for Journalism and Mass Communication, what stood out most, was…

We consume 50% more natural resources per year than the Earth can replenish, creating risks in business supply chains. Valuing natural capital enables businesses to make better supply chain decisions. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/oct/15/valuing-natural-capital-helps-companies-make-better-business-decisions …

The way great companies operate and see their role today: S&P 500 companies that build sustainability into their core strategies are outperforming those that fail to show sustainable leadership. The businesses leading the way are those that are anticipating and responding to the changing needs of their stakeholder community, society, economic conditions and the external…

Our work and article on Sustainability Strategy, was recently published in the online sustainability dialogue for the Middle East, CSR Pulse. The article titled ‘Sustainability Strategy Driving Commercial Value’ highlights how do business leaders and boards navigate its complexity? Sustainability is about more than demonstrating corporate social responsibility activities. It is uniquely complex to navigate as it…