Media release - Sustainable Business Australia

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                       MEDIA	
  RELEASE	
  
Object Consulting
                       	
  
Purves Environmental
Fund                   27	
  February	
  2012	
  
                       	
  
                       	
  
Benefactor Members
                       SBA	
  Presents	
  “Sustainability	
  in	
  the	
  Asian	
  Century”	
  at	
  EcoForum	
  2012	
  
Acciona Energy
Oceania                	
  
                       Managing	
  the	
  environment	
  is	
  now	
  influenced	
  by	
  political	
  will,	
  decision-­‐making	
  based	
  
AGL
                       on	
  economics,	
  global	
  uncertainty	
  and	
  social	
  pressures	
  such	
  as	
  the	
  rise	
  of	
  the	
  middle	
  
Arup Sustainability    class	
  across	
  Asia.	
  Does	
  the	
  model	
  of	
  state	
  capitalism	
  offer	
  hope	
  or	
  challenge	
  for	
  
Coffey International   sustainability?	
  How	
  will	
  business	
  respond	
  to	
  these	
  new	
  paradigms?	
  
                       	
  
Commonwealth Bank
                       Sustainable	
  Business	
  Australia	
  (SBA)	
  will	
  present	
  a	
  business	
  insights	
  session	
  entitled	
  
David Paradice         “Sustainability	
  in	
  the	
  Asian	
  Century”	
  in	
  Sydney	
  at	
  EcoForum	
  2012,	
  which	
  is	
  being	
  held	
  at	
  
Energetics             Australian	
  Technology	
  Park	
  from	
  7-­‐9	
  March	
  2012.	
  
ERM                    	
  
                       SBA’s	
  keynote	
  speaker	
  at	
  9.30am	
  on	
  8	
  March	
  will	
  be	
  Professor	
  Malcolm	
  McIntosh,	
  
Fujitsu
                       Director	
  of	
  the	
  Asia	
  Pacific	
  Centre	
  for	
  Sustainable	
  Enterprise	
  at	
  Griffith	
  Business	
  School	
  
Global Renewables      in	
  Queensland.	
  
Hunter Hall            	
  
                       Professor	
  McIntosh	
  is	
  an	
  international	
  leader	
  in	
  corporate	
  social	
  responsibility	
  (CSR)	
  and	
  
National Australia
Bank                   he	
  pioneered	
  the	
  teaching	
  of	
  CSR	
  and	
  sustainability	
  in	
  business	
  and	
  management	
  
Parsons Brinckerhoff
                       schools	
  in	
  the	
  UK,	
  Japan,	
  New	
  Zealand,	
  South	
  Africa	
  and	
  Australia	
  over	
  the	
  past	
  25	
  years.	
  	
  
                       Malcolm	
  McIntosh	
  has	
  been	
  widely	
  published	
  and	
  produced	
  documentaries	
  on	
  CSR	
  for	
  
People Logic
                       the	
  BBC	
  and	
  he	
  was	
  also	
  the	
  founding	
  Editor	
  of	
  the	
  peer-­‐reviewed	
  Journal	
  of	
  Corporate	
  
Sinclair Knight Merz   Citizenship	
  and	
  Visions	
  of	
  Ethical	
  Business.	
  
SITA                   	
  
                       SBA	
  believes	
  that	
  it	
  is	
  time	
  to	
  hold	
  a	
  national	
  business	
  conversation	
  on	
  the	
  role	
  that	
  
URS
                       Australian	
  business	
  can	
  play	
  in	
  a	
  world	
  where	
  the	
  sustainable	
  development	
  agenda	
  is	
  
WME Media              moving	
  from	
  rhetoric	
  and	
  “soft	
  actions	
  and	
  messaging”	
  to	
  a	
  race	
  for	
  excellence	
  in	
  
Zink Trust             governance,	
  transparency	
  and	
  creating	
  new	
  markets,	
  new	
  industries	
  and	
  new	
  jobs.	
  

                       “The	
  ‘Sustainability	
  in	
  the	
  Asian	
  century’	
  stream	
  session	
  at	
  EcoForum	
  will	
  give	
  business	
  
                       leaders	
  and	
  professionals	
  a	
  chance	
  to	
  openly	
  discuss	
  how	
  ‘business	
  as	
  usual’	
  will	
  need	
  to	
  
                       shift	
  to	
  accommodate	
  sustainable	
  growth	
  and	
  environmental	
  protection	
  in	
  the	
  Asia–
                       Pacific,”	
  SBA’s	
  Chief	
  Executive	
  Officer	
  Andrew	
  Petersen	
  said.	
  
                       	
  
                       “Through	
  Professor	
  Malcolm	
  McIntosh,	
  session	
  attendees	
  will	
  experience	
  an	
  
                       inspirational	
  keynote	
  speaker	
  who	
  will	
  set	
  the	
  tone	
  and	
  challenge	
  listeners,	
  explore	
  
                       options	
  for	
  change	
  during	
  a	
  ‘mind	
  spa’,	
  network	
  with	
  other	
  professionals	
  and	
  speakers	
  
                       informally	
  and	
  hear	
  from	
  local	
  and	
  international	
  experts	
  about	
  fresh	
  and	
  innovative	
  
                       approaches,”	
  he	
  said.	
  
                       	
  


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Mr	
  Petersen	
  said	
  that	
  Professor	
  McIntosh’s	
  insights	
  as	
  a	
  leader	
  in	
  this	
  field	
  would	
  
encourage	
  business	
  leaders	
  to	
  develop	
  principles,	
  culture,	
  products	
  and	
  services	
  at	
  a	
  
unique	
  moment	
  in	
  Australia’s	
  history.	
  
	
  
“SBA	
  believes	
  that	
  Australia’s	
  business	
  leaders	
  presently	
  have	
  a	
  unique	
  opportunity	
  to	
  
incubate	
  and	
  advocate	
  a	
  new	
  business	
  model	
  that	
  embraces	
  prudential	
  economic	
  
management,	
  besides	
  environmental	
  management	
  and	
  social	
  responsibility	
  -­‐	
  not	
  for	
  the	
  
purpose	
  of	
  “doing	
  the	
  right	
  thing”	
  but	
  to	
  provide	
  our	
  nation,	
  businesses	
  and	
  
environment	
  with	
  a	
  competitive	
  commercial	
  advantage	
  now	
  and	
  into	
  the	
  future,	
  
assisted	
  by	
  our	
  re-­‐pricing	
  the	
  capital	
  that	
  enables	
  our	
  economy,	
  environment	
  and	
  
society	
  to	
  function	
  efficiently	
  and	
  effectively,”	
  Andrew	
  Petersen	
  said.	
  
	
  
EcoForum	
  Conference	
  &	
  Exhibition	
  2012	
  will	
  bring	
  together	
  environment	
  industry	
  
practitioners	
  and	
  clients	
  to	
  create	
  new,	
  innovative	
  solutions	
  to	
  environmental	
  problems,	
  
influence	
  policy	
  and	
  find	
  new	
  business	
  partners.	
  	
  	
  
	
  
The	
  event	
  will	
  be	
  held	
  at	
  Australian	
  Technology	
  Park,	
  Bay	
  8,	
  Locomotive	
  Workshop,	
  
Henderson	
  Road,	
  Eveleigh,	
  Sydney.	
  	
  Details	
  -­‐	
  
http://www.ecoforum.net.au/2012/default.asp	
  	
  
	
  
For	
  further	
  information,	
  contact	
  SBA’s	
  National	
  Manager	
  April	
  Pressler	
  on	
  0412	
  271744	
  
or	
  sba@sba.asn.au