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…
On 8 March we celebrated International Women’s Day. Marches were held around the world to rally for equality and celebrate womanhood. Melbourne’s CBD was filled with women from all walks of life wearing purple and proudly holding signs demanding justice. Last week it was the students’ turn. Striking from school,…
I’m among a growing number of millennials with a level of mistrust of brands and their online communications and an ability to switch off to this content. We’ve developed a kind of sixth sense; we can spot ‘spin’ and are aware of guerilla comms tactics infiltrating our social media feeds….
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…
Are you ready to balance professional and private priorities – and regulate the inevitable intertwining of the two – if something unforeseen is to occur in your home life? For me this was the brave question a senior executive at a major corporation posed to a recent leadership summit in Sydney. It’s the type of question…
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…
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 quest for a positive impact on the world, Currie Communications and many of our clients voluntarily hold ourselves to a high standard of governance, transparency, environmental and social impact. We prove this as a certified B Corporation. A large aspect of B Corp certification is using the power…
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