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 South-East Asia Perspective – Sustainability, Let’s Talk Karl Godderis is an experienced Asia-Pacific banking, management consulting and business development executive, with over 20 years experience working in South-East Asia. He recently shared his thoughts from a South-East Asia perspective for #sustainabilityletstalk15. My biggest takeaway from our conversation is the complexity involved in managing stakeholders…

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,…

Sustainable Supply Chain Value article by Lorena Paglia, article published in the Sustainability Dialouge for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), CSR Pulse  http://csrpulse.com/sustainable-supply-chain-value/

Q&A Rare Earth Minerals – Sustainability, Let’s Talk  As part of the #sustainabilityletstalk15 initiative, I recently sat down with Robert Sills, a global Strategic Materials Marketer and Procurement expert. We discussed specifically rare earth minerals and the overarching industry perspective on sustainability and what it means. My biggest takeaway, is that rare earth minerals are…

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…