With changes likely to affect climate policy, clean energy initiatives, and environmental protections, businesses and organizations play a pivotal role in driving progress toward a sustainable future. In this blog, we’ll explore why strong business leadership is essential for sustainability and how companies can take meaningful action.
It's ironic how Australia’s most sustainable company isn’t a tech firm or a renewable energy pioneer—it's a global leader in mining explosives and blasting solutions. This achievement sparks a key question: if an explosives manufacturer can prioritise sustainability, what’s stopping companies in other sectors from doing the same? In this article, we will explore learnings and strategies from the country's most sustainable company.
Traditionally, snow first blankets Mount Fuji by early October, a pattern observed since 1894. However, the summer of 2024 was extraordinarily hot, delaying the appearance of snow and marking the longest snowless period on record. This disruption to the usual snow cycle is a visible reminder of global warming's far-reaching effects, underscoring the urgency of climate action to protect our environment and heritage.
Australia’s Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for Events provides a framework that helps organisers understand, calculate, and reduce their events' carbon emissions. While certification under Climate Active is beneficial, this standard is an invaluable tool for event organisers to follow whether or not they pursue formal certification.
NetNada is excited to announce our partnership with the Better Business Partnership (BBP), supported by Willoughby City Council, Ku-ring-gai Council, and North Sydney Council. Together, we’re empowering local businesses to adopt sustainable practices and align with the Resilient Sydney program.
California has taken a bold step in holding businesses accountable for their environmental impact. With the enactment of Senate Bills 253 (SB 253) and 261 (SB 261) as part of the Climate Accountability Package, along with the amendments from SB 219, we’ll explain what these laws mean for businesses, what the reporting requirements are, and how companies can comply.
As the Earth approaches multiple critical thresholds, the urgency for climate action has never been clearer. Business leaders play a crucial role in addressing climate change, cutting carbon emissions, and advancing decarbonisation. This article will explore what planetary boundaries are, how climate change is driving these challenges, and what businesses can do to help protect the planet.
In this blog, we’ll explore three major climate disasters of 2024—Hurricane Helene, Typhoon Gaemi, and the Nepal floods and landslides—and explain how they are directly linked to the urgent need for climate action. We’ll also explore how businesses can take responsibility for their emissions using a carbon accounting tool like NetNada.
Watch the Recording: This session focuses on the growing role of sustainability in the sales process, how to identify and address client pain points, and how to position NetNada’s software as a trusted solution for carbon emissions reporting.
November 27 | Discover essential strategies for reducing carbon emissions, explore eco-friendly sourcing and waste management, and learn how to navigate the evolving landscape of sustainability in the events industry.
October 30 | This NetNada x BBP joint webinar will demonstrate how embracing sustainability not only enhances your business reputation but also strengthens client relationships and attracts larger customers by highlighting your commitment to reducing emissions.
October 16 | Discover the new regulations set to take effect in 2025, learn how to navigate mandatory disclosures, and gain actionable insights to align your business with reporting standards.
This engaging session is designed to bridge the gap between large organisations and small to medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the key questions procurement teams must ask to enhance transparency and the crucial steps SMEs need to take to be prepared.
Join us for "Sustainability 101: An Introduction to Carbon Accounting," a comprehensive webinar designed to demystify carbon accounting's essentials and its pivotal role in sustainable business practices. Learn how NetNada is leading innovation in this crucial area.
Exploring the implications of new government legislation on net-zero and government procurement. With a focus on the recent $75 billion shift in government contracts, this session will delve into how these changes impact tenders, contracts, and business operations.
The long-awaited Australian commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 now allows us to work together and focus our attention on how we get there.
In recent times, corporate Australia has made a series of bold commitments towards positive action against climate change. But is creating “sustainable content” an invitation to greenwashing allegations? Or do businesses have a responsibility to do so?
At COP26’s climate talks we have seen government officials, finance leaders, green activists and corporate icons on show. The world’s auditors and accountants have been underrepresented - And this is a great mistake.
The River Rangers commenced at the southernmost end of the Hooghly River - a long distributary of the Ganges River when NetNada and Y-East decided to partner in an effort to tackle river sourced ocean pollution.
Caroline Pidcock shares her dilemma in deciding to go to Glasgow #cop26 and some of the things we need to think about as we embrace the future we need.
Recycled water for drinking, or “the drinking water of the future” has been in use in multiple countries and cities around the world – Singapore, Namibia, Perth, and San Diego. In San Diego, a simple water treatment system purifies wastewater into water fit for drinking.
A plan for the world’s most sustainable city has been designed and is expected to welcome its first residents by 2030. Proposed for construction in an undecided desert location in the United States, the city of Telosa is estimated to cost $400 billion and accommodate a population of 5 million.
Air company, which was founded by Australian Gregory Constantine has just won a huge award from none other than NASA! Air Company is a technology, engineering and design-based company in New York that participated (and won) NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge with a project that converts CO2 into sugars to create new resources on Mars.
The highly anticipated U.N. climate conference COP26 is at “high risk of failure,” according to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Planned to take place this November in Glasgow, COP26 intends to bring together global leaders to address the climate crisis.
The world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turn it into rock has started running in Iceland, constructed by Climeworks, when operating at capacity the plant will draw 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the air every year.
Vastly differing viewpoints exist between politicians and water practitioners regarding their sense of the likelihood of potable reuse uptake in the next 30 years.
