Making Sustainable Enterprise Work
Malcolm McIntosh, writer, broadcaster and teacher on corporate citizenship, sustainability and accountability, now heads the new Asia Pacific Centre on Sustainable Enterprise at Griffith Business School. He is one of the speakers at the land-mark Climate Change@Work Conference in Brisbane on 29 October.
The Climate Change @ Work conference focuses on the key human element of sustainable development. It promotes achieving sustainability in the workplace through sustainable leadership and management practice.
Malcolm McIntosh is the General Editor of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship, a Trustee of envolve.co.uk, Visiting Professor, Institute for International Policy Analysis, University of Bath, Visiting Professor at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham Business School, England, and Professor Extraordinary at the Sustainability Institute, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board to the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol and a member of the European Council on Corporate Citizenship for the US Conference Board. He is also on the UK Sustainable Development Commission’s Panel.
Now he is at Griffith Business School to run the new Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise.
The Asia-Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise is a highly collaborative entity with strong national and international connections to industry, academe, government and relevant non-government organisations. It includes a vibrant research culture, innovative teaching and learning programs, industry and community engagement activities.
Earlier this year Australian economist Professor Ross Garnaut stated the first strength of Australia in the context of effective sustainable development is the strength of our human resource base.
The Climate Change @ Work conference focuses on this key human element of sustainable development. It promotes achieving sustainability in the workplace through sustainable leadership and management practice.
From important HR Management issues, such as how sustainability practices will affect workplace relations, skill demands and jobs, to operational issues such as achieving carbon reduction in the workplace. Another key management issue presented at the conference is how to promote, communicate and engage your employees in sustainable development.
Sustainable development in the workplace is something that needs to be addressed by management across the company, John Buchanan, Director of the Workplace Research Centre states, and the HR Function has to be one of the driving forces behind it. A recent study by Auckland University of Technology shows that HR practitioners are too passive when it comes to driving environmental sustainability in the workplace, the report states “the HR field has thus far largely failed to engage”. This conference promotes strategic sustainable development in the workplace, and this means commitment from all areas of management.
The Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney has been running the Climate Change @ Work Conference for two years in Sydney and now looks forward to bringing it to Brisbane. The conference presents the latest insights into sustainable development in the workplace from key thought leaders in Australia.
Topics and speakers include:
The need for change
• Greg Withers, Assistant Director-General, Office of Climate Change Qld

Green Skills and Green Jobs: the implications for the labour market

• Camille Carroll, Acting Director, Climate Change and Green Skills Taskforce, Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations
• Rohan Anderson, Manager, Skills Formation Strategy, Energy Skills Queensland

Tackling Climate Change @ Work in Queensland
• Alex Scott, General Secretary, Qld Public Sector Union
• Aaron Johnstone, Policy and Pubic Affairs Manager, Australian Industry Group Qld

Achieving Change: the case studies
• Amanda Keogh, Environment and Sustainability Manager, Fuji Xerox
• Andrew Petersen, Partner, PwC
• Scott Delzoppo, Sustainability Manager, Fosters Group

Achieving Change: the facilitators
• Prof. Malcolm McIntosh, Director, Asia – Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University
• Ken Hickson, Director, ABC Carbon
• Richard Cassels, Director, Climate Leadership

Chairing the Day
• John Buchanan, Director, Workplace Research Centre

The Climate Change @ Work Brisbane Conference will take place on the 29th of October. This is a once off opportunity for you to attend the conference at South Bank, Brisbane so book your tickets before they are sold out. There are still some places available.
Source: www.wrc.org.au