Will people be more important than the economy in the wake of COVID-19? Sustainability leader and company director Sam Mostyn predicts that a human-centric world awaits us beyond the pandemic. Values are shifting away from jobs towards people. Even the Business Council of Australia acknowledges that we don’t have an…
COVID-19. Wow. Where do you start? Let’s start with nature. Is our destruction of nature responsible for COVID-19? COVID-19 highlights the link between environmental change and human health outcomes. It reveals that exploiting nature e.g. wildlife trafficking can actually be the cause of a pandemic. A healthy society requires a…
I went back to ‘school’ last month. And, no, the reason was not to see if you can teach an ‘old dog’ new tricks. It was to learn more about sustainability management. At Currie, we think we’re good at it, and we are. Yet after two weeks of study with…
July is B Corp month. So as a proudly-certified, purpose-driven B Corporation (B Corp), Currie is sharing what we know about seeking certification. Seeking certification as a B Corporation (B Corp) can be like eating an elephant. It’s not something you should tackle with a faint heart or a lack of appetite….
This time last year we asked if Australia was on-track to hold up its end of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A few months later a report from the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) gave us an answer. It concludes that Australia’s progress on the SDGs is mixed….
The expectations that consumers and the community have for how food is produced, and who they trust to produce it, are changing. Lately the terms ‘social licence’ and ‘sustainable development’ have been used interchangeably by Australian agriculture in talk about how to keep the community’s trust. However, they are not…
So, how do you keep an eye on your competitors? One of the best and easiest ways to keep watch is to audit your competitors’ communications. It requires you (or your agency) to keep an eye on (as well as an ear out) for what they are saying. The right…
What better way to raise awareness of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) than sponsor the new-look Banksia Awards, Australia’s first and foremost sustainability awards. For a proudly-certified B Corporation that assists clients bring people together to solve social and environmental problems, the decision to sponsor the Banksia Sustainability Awards…
The world’s plan to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is 1000 days old today! This plan, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the “Global Goals”, was adopted by the 193 countries of the…
What inspires workers about your organisation? At Currie we’ve found the purpose (what we are here to do) inspires our people. Currie is a proudly-certified B Corporation (#BCorp), a founding member in Australia. This week Currie was recognised as a Best for the World company for the second consecutive year. In 2018 we…
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