Environment/Sustainability

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 […]