Take a look at some of our program highlights that will feature at the Annual Conference this September.
Corporate Sustainability Panel: Technical realism and organisational change
Facilitator: Tai Hollingsbee, Head of Sustainability, Asia Pacific, GHD
Panellists:
- Jo Murdoch, Managing Director, North East Water
- Nerina Di Lorenzo, Managing Director, Melbourne Water
Businesses are changing to understand, measure and meet targets relating to a myriad of sustainability ambitions. Culture, decision making and changing the behaviour of groups of people in a business, is complex.
Tai Hollingsbee
Jo Murdoch
Nerina Di Lorenzo
In this session we will explore GHD’s experience working with global brands like Apple and McDonald’s, on their sustainability transformation journey. We will compare this with work that the Victorian water sector is undertaking now, and the role of leadership in driving this change, to benefit our communities. We will ask: How can small changes have a meaningful impact and broader benefits to the customer?
Phin Zeibell
The long term economic impact of increasing extreme weather on the Victorian economy
Speaker: Phin Zeibell, Head of Research, TCV
Climate change is expected to see a drying trend across south-eastern Australia, punctuated by episodes of extreme rainfall as La Nina and El Nino events become more common. This poses a challenge for Victoria’s agriculture sector, across both dryland and irrigated operations, livestock and cropping. It will also challenge Victoria’s water supplies. This presentation considers some of the risks as well as possible opportunities for investment.
Three Years In: Key Lessons for Water Authorities on achieving environmental compliance – case study on environmental duties and managing environmental risks
Speaker: Maria Marshall, Partner, Planning and Environment, Public Law, Maddocks
Three years after its commencement, this session will briefly recap on the environmental duties under the Environment Protection Act 2017, including director obligations and the way they have been applied in Victoria and in NSW. The focus of the session will be a case study based on the Sydney Water v EPA scenario and some Victorian examples as well.
Maria Marshall
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