By Suzanne Orme 26th July 2025 In this blog I offer insights into my recent development of a new one day training course entitled “Understanding Climate Change Reporting Obligations”. What inspired the development of this course? The course was inspired by the new sustainability reporting standards AASB1 and AASB2 that were released at the …
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By Suzanne Orme June 30, 2024 Climate change is here today It’s not just an environmental issue and something that will affect us only in the future. The climate crisis is already causing profound damage across the planet with just 1.2C of average global heating over the last four years. Impacts of climate shocks in …
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By Suzanne Orme Mar 31, 2024 How wildlife is valuable The many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora on the planet are precious. Did you know that Australia is classified as megadiverse and many species exist no-where else on Earth? Accordingly, our priceless ecosystems, species richness and abundance have non-financial value. Their …
Updated Feb 2024 The commonly used diagram of sustainability – consisting of three intersecting circles – is vague, difficult to apply and interpreted in a variety of ways to suit the user. The three circles depict each circle – Economy, Environment and Society – as the same size, inferring that each has equal …
By Suzanne Orme Oct 28, 2021 “The science is clear. Without dramatic reductions in the use of fossil fuels, we will see untold destruction to our environment and continuing damage to people’s health and livelihoods. And the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement will fall quickly out of reach.” Kristalina Georgieva, MD of the IMF, …
By Suzanne Orme March 28, 2020 If humanity is clever it will open its heart and mind to see the current global health crisis for what it really is. A chance to learn, grow and re-set. COVID-19 is a symptom of a much bigger problem – the inherent unsustainability of the global production and consumption …
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By Suzanne Orme November 6, 2019 The task of “aligning business success with the SDGs” means catalysing a shift in business thinking across the entire Australian business community. It means re-defining the concept of “business success” to include both financial performance – such as profit and loss – and “extra-financial” performance – environmental and …
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By Suzanne Orme August 20, 2019 There are barriers preventing us from reaching a new era of harmony and balance – a state that must be ushered in during the 21st C if human societies hope to flourish forever on this fragile planet. Entrenched government policy and subsidies can be counterproductive and aimed at protecting …
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By Suzanne Orme May 16, 2019 Albert Einstein said that we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. That statement is truer today than ever before. The world is becoming increasingly complex and moving so rapidly that the future will look nothing like the immediate past or present. Linear …
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by Suzanne Orme 19/2/18 People often ask “What is sustainability?” It means maintaining the quality or condition of something into the future. But “what is it we are trying to sustain?” Economists may focus on maintaining economic growth and place a high value on GDP and jobs. Conservationists may desire to maintain environmental quality and …
