Is Sustainability your Business?

Monique Conheady - Flexicar
'Sustainability Reporting Options and Tools for SMEs'
Monique Conheady has an extensive background in engineering and project management on environmental projects in both Melbourne and overseas. In 2004 Monique co-founded Flexicar (formely Flo Carshare), with three cars in two suburbs. The company now has 40 cars across in Melbourne and is worth an estimated $1 million. Monique is committed to sustainability by offering customers a way of reducing their environmental impact. "We have to work out new ways of doing things that don't impact on our standard of living, that allows us to have the quality of life that we have got and also doesn't impact on the environment."

Ric Brazalle - Business Council for Sustainable Energy
'Long Term Energy Options for Business'
Ric is Executive Director of the Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) a position he has held since April 1997. The BCSE is the national industry association and leading advocate for the sustainable energy industry in Australia. Ric participates in a number of industry and government consultative groups and chairs the Renewable Energy Action Agenda Group. Prior to joining the BCSE, Ric worked with Westcoast Energy Australia and Fletcher Challenge Energy in developing cogeneration and energy projects in Eastern Australia. Ric has also worked as Project Manager for the Victorian Gas Industry Reform Unit, Finance Manager for John Holland and prior to that worked for Woodside Petroleum where he held a number of positions including corporate planning, gas marketing and finance.

Dr Leeora Black - Managing Director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
'Trends and Opportnuities in Corporate Social Reporting'
Leeora D. Black, Ph.D, is founder and managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and an honorary research fellow in the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University. Leeora's work focuses on analysing and solving complex CSR issues and problems, building organisational CSR capacity and strategy, stakeholder engagement and research, and CSR measurement. She has consulted for global firms, government businesses and social sector organisations on integration of CSR into business operations and strategies, stakeholder engagement and communications, issues management and reputation, and has published and spoken widely on CSR and communications. Her doctorate from Monash University developed a new approach to understanding and measuring capabilities for corporate social responsiveness and is the basis for CSR Management Capacity.

Gary Veale - Sustainability Reporting manager at KPMG consulting
'Trends in Sustainability and Carbon Disclosure'
Gary was involved with the Carbon Disclosure Project Australian report (www.cdproject.org)