"I do know how to assess a risk – and this one is clear. Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can’t afford the risk of inaction." Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation.
Are we maximising the growth potential of sustainability initiatives in organisations? How far is Australia in the international stakes?
The hypothetical discussion has sustainability leaders walk the tightrope as they manage a fictitious company called Sustainability Inc. Watch them face the challenges of creating balance between positive social, environment and financial outcomes.
This is your opportunity to learn from the leaders in the field.
Find out how innovation and sustainability can put your company ahead of the game.
For those just embracing sustainability this is a unique opportunity into the to get an overview of what sustainability means for an organisation and how it works from people who know!
"The agenda of sustainability and corporate responsibility is not only central to business strategy but will increasingly become a critical driver of business growth..." Patrick Cescau, Group Chief Executive of Unilever.
This unique event is matched with a forum series on the issues surrounding the sustainable company and economy. How far have we come really and what will be the sustainability challenges of the next 5 years?
Background InformationShaping the New Rules of Competition: UN Global Compact Participant Mirror - McKinsey & Company [PDF 671Kb]
OECD Principles: Improving Business Behaviour - Why we need Corporate Governance. [July 2007]
The State of Responsible Competitiveness - AccountAbility. [July 2007]
What Assures Consumers on Climate Change? - AccountAbility. [July 2007]
SpeakersKeynote:
 Samantha Huddle - Senior Associate, Net Balance Management & AccountAbility, Aust. Ambassador
Samantha has ten years experience leading and managing corporate responsibility, organisational development and issues management assignments across corporate, government and non-profit sectors. Her expertise includes strategy, evaluation, benchmarking and criteria development, developing manager competencies to build trust with employees and identifying unique organisational cultural practices from which to leverage strength.
Prior to joining Net Balance, Samantha was with AccountAbility in the UK for three years, part of which as the Managing Director of Great Place to Work® Institute UK, based in London, including responsibility for the publication of the annual UK’s Best Workplaces list in the Financial Times. In 2004 Samantha advised the British Cabinet’s Leadership program on such issues.
In 2003, Samantha led the first AccountAbility Rating© at AccountAbility in conjunction with partners CSR network in the UK.
Samantha has held roles with Oxfam Australia in advocacy, developing a rights based criteria to assess Australian companies and their supply chains as well as executive management roles with Rehame (Media Monitors) during which she advised the Victorian ALP during their successful 1999 election campaign.
 Chair: Alan Tate, Partner - Cambiar
Alan Tate has been involved in national and international climate change policy for more than 10 years. Throughout the 1990s, Alan was responsible for attending, analysing, and reporting the negotiated passage of the Kyoto Protocol for the national audience of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in his role as National Environment Correspondent. He has received Australia's most prestigious journalism award - the Gold Walkley and is the current senior deputy chairman of Environment Business Australia and a partner at Cambiar Pty Ltd
Panelists Include:
 Sam Weiss - Deputy Chairman, GLG Corp Limited - Sydney
Sam Weiss has worked at Board level in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States. Sam is Deputy Chairman of GLG Corp Limited, a leading supplier of casual quality knitwear to very large US retailers, and a non-executive director of OrotonGroup Limited, the Australian fashion brand retailer, and Altium Limited, a global provider of software for electronics design. He is Chairman of Ecos Corporation and an independent Director of Canterbury of New Zealand Limited, the New Zealand based rugby apparel firm. Over the course of his career at large multi-national corporations such as NIKE, where he was the COO of Nike Europe, and Gateway Computers where he was VP, Asia and Sheridan, Sam has developed strong leadership skills and has a consistently proven ability to generate significant revenue and margin increases.
Sam is the President of the Harvard Club of Australia, an active mentor to senior level executives in the not-for-profit sector with Social Ventures Australia and a Director of The Benevolent Society and The Sydney Festival. He is a Fellow of The Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of The Sydney Institute. Sam is a graduate of the Sydney Leadership Programme.
 Anita Mitchell - Head of Sustainability, Asia Pacific, Bovis Lend Lease - Sydney
Anita is responsible for leading the social and environmental sustainability efforts of Bovis Lend Lease across the Asia Pacific region. She is an Environmental Scientist with over 13 years of experience in sustainability and environmental management spanning the energy, water and waste sectors.
She was previously the General Manager Sustainability & Assurance with WSN Environmental Solutions (formerly Waste Service NSW); Principal Advisor Sustainability for Sydney Water; and Corporate Environment Manager for Integral Energy. In all of these leading organisations Anita has assisted in integrating sustainability into corporate strategy.
Anita is currently President of the Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand (NSW) and a member of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management.
 Jeff Angel - Executive Director, Total Environment Centre - Sydney & Melbourne
Jeff is the Executive Director of Total Environment Centre and is without doubt one of Australia's most vocal environmental activists He has been an environmental campaigner since 1973 on a wide range of issues including: urban sustainability, waste management, air pollution, public transport, forest protection, threatened species, coastal planning, corporate environmental sustainability and renewable energy. He was a key figure responsible for the introduction of lead free petrol in Australia and the high profile environmental successes to save the South East Forests and Snowy River.
 Rodd Pahl - Managing Director, Blue Grass Consulting - Sydney & Melbourne
Rodd Pahl is Bluegrass Consulting’s founder and managing director has almost 30 years experience in public affairs and corporate reputation, nine as managing director of public affairs in global firm Burson-Marsteller. As one of Australia's leading public affairs practitioners, he advises CEOs, Boards and executives on corporate reputation, issues management and stakeholder engagement. Rodd has worked with a wide variety of private sector and government clients such as the privatisation of Telstra 1, Commonwealth Bank 3 and CSL as well as Toyota, GPT, AMP Capital Investors, Energy Australia, Thales, Stanwell Corporation, Stockland Group Trust, Minter Ellison and ACT Bushfires Recovery Taskforce.
 Peter Netchaef - General Manager, Group Sustainability, Sims Group - Melbourne
Peter Netchaef is the General Manager, Group Sustainability for Sims-Group Limited, the largest recycling company in the world. In this capacity he holds senior corporate responsibility for all sustainability and environment issues within the Group and its more than 140 operations in 16 countries. He has been closely involved with the Australian UN delegation for more than 14 years and is a member of the Australian Policy Reference Group on Hazardous Waste and the Federal Task force on the Stockholm Convention among many other external activities.
A former mountaineer, he turned to civil engineering for a living and holds a Master’s degree in fluid dynamics and hydrology. He has held a number of senior commercial positions and worked extensively in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North and South America.
 Peter Castellas - Managing Director, Clean Technology AustralAsia - Melbourne
Peter is the joint founder and Managing Director of Clean Technology AustralAsia. Throughout Peter's 20-year entrepreneurial career, he has worked at the leading edge of the sustainable development agenda and has advised leading corporations, governments and financial institutions.
Peter has previously held roles including the Sustainability Advisor for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Head of International Business Development for Melbourne University Private, National Environmental and Engineering Manager for Dunhill Management Services and Managing Director of Cultural Diversity. Peter is currently a National Councilor for Environment Business Australia and a Director of Global Knowledge Ventures. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences.
Forum SeriesGreen Capital will be hosting a series of 4 forums in conjunction to the Sustainability Inc event. These forums are free to Green Capital Subscribers. Otherwise tickets are $55.00 per forum.
1) Organisational ChangeEducation for sustainability is one of the main drivers for integrating sustainability throughout organisations. This forum will explore structures to support long-term change for sustainability, including case studies from Green Capitals’ Sustainable Staff Training program.
Sydney: 23rd August, 9:00am - 10:30am
Venue: KPMG, Level 15, 10 Shelley Street (Cnr Sussex Street), Sydney
Chair: Linda Funnell-Milner - National Director, Energetics
Anita Mitchell - Head of Sustainability, Asia Pacific, Bovis Lend Lease
Georgie Passalaris - Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Diageo Australia
Sarah Campbell - Senior Executive, Corporate Communications and Brand Management, Philips Electronics
Danielle Domone - Sustainability Education, Green Capital - Total Environment Centre
Melbourne: 30th August, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Venue: NAB, Level 27, 500 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Clare Porter - Sustainability Action Planner, Melbourne Water
Danielle Domone - Sustainability Education, Green Capital - Total Environment Centre
Krista Milne - Manager, Life Cycle Unit, EPA Victoria
Sally-Anne Ross - Group Advisor, Corporate Social Responsibility, National Australia Bank
2) Marketing & SustainabilityInvestigates the risks and benefits associated with marketing to the green consumer. Marketing experts share their thoughts and ideas on how to align marketing messages with sustainability principles to ensure messaging is transparent, understood and accurate.
Sydney: 22nd August, 9:00am - 10:30am
Venue: Macquarie Graduate School of Management, 51 - 57 Pitt St, Sydney
Chair: Rodd Pahl - Managing Director , Bluegrass Consulting
Mike Morrison - Chief Strategy Officer, Young & Rubicam Brands
Pam Fleming - Marketing Strategy Manager, Global Services, Fuji Xerox Australia
Melbourne: 29th August, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Venue: EPA Victoria, HWT Tower, Podium Level, 40 City Road, Southbank Victoria
Chair: Rodd Pahl - Managing Director, Bluegrass Consulting
Russel Howcroft - Managing Director, George Patterson Y&R - Melbourne
Natalie Placko - Brand Campaign Manager, Intrepid Travel 3) Waste & EPRExploring Extended Producer Responsibility models across a range of wastes of concern with expert perspectives from producers, recyclers, Local Govt & NGO’s.
Sydney: 22nd August, 2:00 pm - 3:30pm
Venue: Macquarie Graduate School of Management, 51 - 57 Pitt St, Sydney
Chair: Matthew Warnken - Director, WarnkenISE
Peter Netchaef - General Manager, Recycling & Environment, SimsGroup
Ramsay Moodie - Director Corporate Affairs, Fuji Xerox
Peter Olive - Councillor and Deputy Mayor, Marrickville Council
Jane Castle - Resource Conservation Campaigner - Total Environment Centre
Melbourne: 30th August, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Venue: NAB, Level 27, 500 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Chair: Matthew Warnken - Director, WarnkenISE
Peter Netchaef - General Manager, Recycling & Environment, SimsGroup
Jeff Angel - Director, Total Environment Centre
More TBC...
4) Supply Chain ManagementCritical to risk management, this forum looks at minimising risk in upstream & downstream supply chain. The case studies highlight how to create closer relationships with suppliers and customers, while maximising efficiencies. The panel will investigate the potential weak-links and how sustainability can create value through the supply chain.
Sydney: 22nd August, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Venue: Macquarie Graduate School of Management, 51 - 57 Pitt St, Sydney
Rohan McMahon - Convenor, Amnesty Australia Business Group
Alice Woodhead - Managing Director, LinkStrategy
Melbourne: 29th August, 9:00am - 10:30am
Venue: EPA Victoria, HWT Tower, Podium Level, 40 City Road, Southbank Victoria
Alice Woodhead - Managing Director, LinkStrategy
TBC, Amnesty Australia Business Group
Charles Berger - Corporate Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation PresentationsMarketing & Sustainability
Brands, Reputation, Risk by Rod Pahl - Bluegrass Consulting [PDF 396Kb] Supply Chain Managment
Rethinking Supply Chain Collaboration by Alice Woodhead - Link Strategy [PDF 1.2 Mb] SnapshotsFour ‘snapshot’ documents have been produced as part of our Sustainability Inc forum series held in August 2007,with the support of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts. These documents cover issues core to the successful integration of sustainability to your business. We have captured and developed the information from the forums to be a useful learning tool. We are interested in your feedback on the snapshots, your thoughts on how we can improve is valuable. email:
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Click on the ‘snapshot’ icons to download Green Marketing Snapshot [PDF 135Kb]
Sustainabilty & Organisational Change Snapshot [PDF 135Kb]
Sustainable Supply Chain Snapshot [PDF 135Kb]
Waste & EPR Snapshot [PDF 135Kb]
The Debate
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