I have been running my own business for over 5 years now. Prior to that, I was working at a senior level of another small business. I come from a family of small businessowners. My life has been centred around entrepreneurship for as long as I can remember. When I…

If you live in Australia, it is highly likely that you have heard a lot of talk about net-zero in the media over the past few weeks. The government has received enormous pressure from lobbyists, interest groups, businesses and citizens across Australia to commit to net-zero by 2050 ahead of…

In September 2020, 90% of ASX200 companies produced a sustainability report. This number has drastically increased over the previous 10 years. These sustainability reports are fantastic for shareholders to get an annual update of each company’s commitment to an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable future. However, as an increasing number…

Microplastics are threatening the achievement of the Global Goals, and we need to take urgent action to limit, if not eliminate, our consumption of microplastics. In this article, we answer your top questions about microplastics. What are microplastics? Microplastics are defined as pieces of plastic less than 5 millimetres in…

This week, after months of lockdown, the population of New South Wales has finally started to see some freedoms. Millions of people across metropolitan areas will flock to gyms, hairdressers, cafés — and yes, even Kmart. It is now in the hands of public safety officers (especially police), businesses and…

The threat of climate change including the rise of temperatures and the threat of increasing natural disasters has kept the reef’s biodiversity and beauty in danger for a number of years. Earlier this year, UNESCO decided against changing the reef’s status to ‘in danger’. There have been a number of…

In the corporate world, a number of organisations routinely use ranking systems to determine the most ‘ethical’, ‘sustainable’, ‘fair’ or ‘just’ companies. But what does this mean in real terms for the consumer? Many of these ranking systems are weighted in a certain way to give greater importance to some…

I’ve heard throughout my life that I need to understand and accept my trauma. At first, I would sort of just nod and smile and put it on the very last page of my incredibly long mental to-do list. After a while, I started questioning this in a bit more…

We constantly hear the narrative of business as ‘unusual’ in order to create an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable future. But what does this mean? And are customers ready for this transition? COVID-19 has pushed us to think differently and approach work environments in unusual ways. …