As policymakers convene for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group 2024 Annual Meetings, a new report by the Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate documents the extent to which unsustainable debt burdens, loss of nature and escalating climate change are compounding one another in a hugely destructive ‘triple crisis.’ Commissioned by the governments of Colombia, Kenya, […]
With its third resilience credit, FM will have allocated more than US$1 billion to help clients protect their purpose over the last three years Commercial property insurer FM today announced its third resilience credit, bringing the total allocation to more than US$1 billion since the program’s inception in 2022. The recent catastrophic hurricane events in the southeastern […]
Botanic Gardens of Sydney New research has revealed how harnessing the power of plants through the Botanic Gardens of Sydney’s Community Greening program is improving the health and well-being of vulnerable and at-risk communities. A new paper published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology has identified community gardening as a successful nature prescription tool to address social […]
Credit: Daniel Tran/City of Sydney City of Sydney Sydney has been named the number one Australian city on the Global Destination Sustainability Index, reaffirming it as a top location for business events and visitors. Announced in Belgium, the index ranked Sydney 10th out of more than 100 cities, achieving its highest ever score. Melbourne finished […]
Dave Witty’s book ‘What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia’, is one of the six shortlisted finalists for this year’s $40,000 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, an annual celebration of the very best of Australian research-based literature. The book examines aspects of Australia’s history through our indigenous and […]
NEW VIDEO SERIES ‘LIVING WITH PURPOSE’ BY FLOURISH PR HIGHLIGHTS REPURPOSE IT, VICTORIAN TRAILBLAZER IN RESOURCE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING Generating a campaign reach of 5.1M for Repurpose It Victorian-based resource recovery and recycling business has engaged Melbourne PR agency, Flourish, to produce an online series ‘Living With Purpose’ hosted by celebrity gardener and sustainability expert Jamie […]
Cloudflare, Inc., the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today shared a new independent report published by Analysys Mason that shows switching enterprise network services from on premises devices to Cloudflare’s cloud-based services can cut related carbon emissions up to 78% for very large businesses to up to 96% for small […]
Founded by sisters, Ashleigh Morris and Jaine Morris, Coreo Coreo, a female-led circular economy consultancy that provides strategic advice to organisations that want to be more circular, has taken top gong in the Environmental Business category of the 2023 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards. One of a dozen Queensland-based award-recipients, Coreo was officially announced winner […]
The Australian Solar Thermal Energy Association (AUSTELA) is pleased to announce it is supporting the upcoming SolarPACES conference in Sydney on 10th – 13th October. Part of the International Energy Agency’s technology network, SolarPACES is an international network of researchers and industry experts for the development and marketing of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) systems and solar chemistry […]
“Nurturing a Better Future: Embracing Environmental Practices and New Technologies, While Supporting Pet Parents through Times of Loss” Pure Souls Pet Aquacremation, Australia’s first carbon-neutral pet crematorium, is excited to announce its array of high-quality, environmentally-conscious services. Recognized as the top-rated pet aquacremation facility on Google, Pure Souls leverages the power of renewable energy to […]
Who Gives A Crap reimagines A. A. Milne’s 1926 original Winnie-The-Pooh for the modern world The Hundred Acre Wood has been reduced to stumps, reflecting the global environmental impact of deforestation from 1926 to today Every day, over 1 million trees – or four of the iconic Hundred Acre Wood – are cut down to make traditional […]