Helen Hopcroft

Ms. Chi, ESG Manager at Dragon Capital Background Ms. Chi, ESG Manager at Dragon Capital. Her current responsibilities are to oversee the ESG integration into investment of both public and private equities as well as ESG compliance to international standards. Her background is environmental science with a Master Degree on Environmental Engineering and Management. Her […]

By Tom Cawley, CEO and Executive Chair, MaxMine Amid the global trend towards decarbonisation, the world faces a significant rise in demand for copper to support electrification and renewable energy goals. With only 30% of the required volume able to be satisfied by recycling; the stark reality is the balance will need to be mined and refined. […]

JAGGAER, a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration, announced it has been awarded a Gold Medal from EcoVadis for its sustainability performance. The Gold Medal places JAGGAER among the top 5% of all companies rated by EcoVadis in the 12 months prior. Among the EcoVadis rated industry peers JAGGAER ranks within the top […]

Pay.com.au has been named the fastest growing Australian SME at SmartCompany’s annual Smart50 Awards night.  Top 50 fastest growing companies in Australia who made the Smart50 list collectively made $912 million in FY24 alone, up 84% from the previous year. Smart50 also recognises exceptional businesses and leadership in key categories. This year the winners include: […]

Australia, it’s time to reduce, rethink, and contain your waste like never before! Keep Australia Beautiful’s ‘Contain Your Waste’ Challenge is back, running from 18-24 November 2024. This national event invites Australians to rethink consumption habits by aiming to fit an entire week’s worth of waste inside a single container of their choice—whether it’s a bin, box, or […]

Artist impression of the accessible Tree Top Loop path. Sunshine Coast Council The vision to create a “place of cherished nature and ecological wonder” has been bestowed a national honour. The Sunshine Coast Ecological Park Master Plan took out the Landscape Architecture Award for Landscape Planning at the recent Australian Institute of Landscape Architects national awards. It […]

By Partners in Performance A major barrier to renewable energy expansion in Australia is the strong opposition from rural communities who fear the takeover of arable land by solar farms, wind turbines and transmission pylons, all to satisfy the needs of EV-driving city dwellers. Critics also cite infrastructure costs to connect a myriad of renewable […]

To accelerate efforts in reducing technology waste ending up in landfill, Officeworks haslaunched its ‘Bring it Back for Business’ initiative for National Recycling Week. This program empowers business customers to recycle their unwanted office accessories, including monitors, cables, keyboards, ink, toner, and other hard-to-recycle items.  Expanding its popular ‘Bring it Back’ program, from Tuesday 19 November Officeworks will offer business customers in Victoria, with plans to expand across […]

THE HON DR JIM CHALMERS MP TREASURER THE HON CHRIS BOWEN MP MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY THE HON JOSH WILSON MP ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY The Australian Government is supporting action on climate change in our region through guaranteeing up to US$200 million (approximately A$300 million) worth of Asian Development […]