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…
Succinct. Genuine. Direct. World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs is a master communicator and I was delighted to attend his lecture on A New Age of Sustainable Development at the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne on 15 October 2018. His call for global partnerships and systems transformation is one we’ve heard before but…
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…
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F Kennedy Currie is proud to have a long-standing partnership with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s Mentoring Program. The program brings people seeking asylum together with volunteer mentors from vocational, professional and business sectors, exposing them to professional networks that can…
A couple of years ago we decided to mix it up a little at our Currie Christmas party and headed to Clip’n’Climb in Richmond. Very busy until our Uber arrived, I did not have too much time to project myself into abseiling mode. On arrival, we were confronted with climbing…
Why ‘break bread’ when you can ‘cut cake’? It’s a rhetorical question one can imagine famed 19th Century Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde asking. As you may know, it was Wilde who is quoted as saying: “Life is short. Eat dessert first.” At Currie we cut cake this week….
In the lead up to school exams in the country, it was commonplace to hear someone scrunch a piece of paper, toss it at the bin and exhale “It’s fine, if I fail I’ll just go back on the farm.” ‘Ag’ was the ‘bludge subject’; the one kids usually took…
Australia’s migrant scientists are more likely to be working as taxi drivers or cleaners than as scientists, according to co-founders of a program which aims change that paradigm. The Migrant Science Communication Accelerator program is putting science-trained migrants into schools to teach children about their field of expertise in short,…
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