Sustainability Victoria

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Sustainability Victoria

• Anita Roper, Chief Executive Officer
• Australian Centre for Corporate Social
  Responsibility Annual Conference
• Thursday 5 February 2009

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Overview

• What is sustainability?
• About Sustainability Victoria
• Why work in collaboration?
• Key Success Factors
• Case Studies
• Conclusion

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What is sustainability?

• Not just environmental
• Social
• Economic

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Sustainability Victoria

• Catalyst for sustainable growth and development
  in Victoria
• Bring together the knowledge and capabilities of
  people, organisations and communities to deliver
  integrated social, economic and environmental
  outcomes.

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Why work in collaboration

• Potential to deliver a better outcome and
  maximise achievements.

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Key success factors

• Equitable, transparent and mutual benefit
• Clear and open communication channels
• Clear roles and responsibilities
• Mechanisms for feedback and evaluation
• A clear plan for the future.

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Conservation International

• Independent Biodiversity Rapid Assessment Program
  undertaken as input into Sustainability Impact
  Assessment
• Guinea
• Ghana
• Suriname

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Energy and Water Taskforce

• SV, Brotherhood of St Laurence and Mission
  Australia
• Home sustainability assessments and energy
  retrofits
• Electricty and gas bills reduced
• Greenhouse gases reduced
• New skills to the unemployed.

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Lessons Learnt from Energy and Water Taskforce

• Understanding the perspective of each partner is
  essential to a successful project
• Behind every partner is a wider social network
• Transparent and accessible monitoring is
  essential to a shared understanding of progress.

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Carbon Down

• Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and
  Industry (VECCI) and Sustainability Victoria
• Works with corporate partners to assist SMEs
  reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Expected Benefits fromCarbon Down

• An understanding of SMEs awareness and behaviour
  towards carbon reduction and how to drive change
• Data from Carbon Down will help inform SVs
  future programs
• Access to shared resources and information
  exchange helping avoid duplication.

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Conclusion

• A collaborative and triple bottom line approach
  is the best path to creating opportunities and
  solutions.

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