We regularly share our thoughts and tips on creating a truly sustainable business on our blog.
What are Environmental Liabilities and When You Should Consider Them?
Environmental Liabilities Environmental liability refers to the potential environmental obligation and expenses that a company might incur when establishing a new development or purchasing an asset (Corporate Finance Institute 2015). Australia has a federal legal...
Aboriginal Heritage – The Need for Change
Heritage in Western Australia is protected and regulated under two separate Acts - the WA Heritage Act 2018 and the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. The current Aboriginal Heritage Act makes provisions on behalf of the community for the preservation of places and objects...
Western Australian Heritage
Heritage is important for understanding the story of Western Australia – its history, identity and its people. Heritage values can take the form of landmarks, buildings and their contents, structures, gardens, cemeteries, memorials, landscapes, archaeological sites...
How cool is this – Water Battery
OK, so I know things are a little out of the ordinary at the moment, and we are not too sure of what the near future is going to hold, but wait!! Hold up!! How cool is this innovation from the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) in Queensland? In partnership with...
Stress Management
Stress is a natural human experience. When faced with a challenge, our bodies react with physical, mental, and emotional responses (Cleveland Clinic 2015) (Robinson, Smith and Segal 2018). Everyone experiences stress from time to time. Often the short-term stressful...
Useful spatial data available for free on the web
In the last few years, technology has advanced significantly, and this is also the case for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The tools designed to capture, analyse, manage, and present spatial or geographic data on a large scale, have now become essential tools...
Confined Spaces – How to stay safe
As COVID – 19 is seeing many of us working remotely, and social distancing rules have us spending more time at home, you might be starting to feel a little confined. Although this type of confinement comes with its own challenges and possible safety issues, it is not...
During a Crisis having a Structured System helps – ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
Picture this – there is a global pandemic impacting every facet of society. Surrounding you are those who claim they know it all, those who really do know it all and those who are confused, angry or scared. Regardless of who they are, it is up to you to ensure the...
Caring for Country in Practice
To Indigenous peoples, the term ‘country’ is the relationship between Indigenous people and their land and consists of many factors including flora, fauna, earth, air and water alongside Dreamings (Christopher P Burgess, 2009). Caring for Country was integrated...
Australia’s Underwater Cultural Heritage
When you think about cultural heritage, the first thing that may come to mind is artefacts lost in sand and time or places with a past life, where people walked and gathered hundreds maybe thousands of years ago. What you may not know is that cultural heritage extends...