WORKSHOP > Building a Sustainable Business
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A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO ADVANCE THE SUSTAINABILITY
IN PRACTICE AT YOUR BUSINESS OR ORGANISATION
Why are we doing this?
It is now well accepted that businesses and organisations need to take action on climate change. Sustainable practices are expected… not only to benefit the planet but to benefit the day-to-day and long-term outcomes for businesses and organisations.
Until recently there have been few practical guidelines to help build truly sustainable businesses.
This workshop highlights four practical guidelines – the Sustainability Fourpack – for how this can happen for your business so that it can be even better at walking the talk on sustainability.
There will be some clarification about the need for sustainable practice at a big picture level, including a high level summary of the impacts of current and proposed carbon legislation,but most of the time will be spent on the Sustainability Fourpack and the benefits to businesses.
The benefits are that you will know what:
- Sustainability action is relevant to your organisation
- Tools to use to decide on sustainable practice on a daily basis
- Tools to use to track progress toward achieving sustainable practice
- Processes to use to engage management, staff and other key stakeholders in deciding on and implementing sustainable practices
Workshop Leadership - Howard Nielsen
Howard Nielsen leads the workshop, guiding us through the tools and processes that he has refined over the past thirty years as a sustainability consultant, business manager, leadershipfacilitator and educator.
Howard was an early innovator of The Natural Step and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability work in Australia, and has worked as CEO of an organisation that was listed in the top five “learning organizations” in Australia.
His consultancy clients include Toyota, Australia Post, Boeing, Queensland Treasury, BrisbaneCity Council, Micah Projects, Priority Building and many others. He is currently working with over fifty businesses in the ClimateSmart Business Cluster Program, sponsored by the Department of Environment and Resource Management.
Workshop co-presenter – Louise Meredith
Louise Meredith co-presents the workshop, and brings over a decade of experience from the energy and health care sectors in Brisbane and the UK. Her expertise spans project management, change facilitation, and stakeholder engagement.
She also has experience in internal and external communications, consumer research, and applying technology innovations to product development.