This report flows from a dialogue held at Melbourne Business School on 27 August 2024. The purpose of the dialogue was to explore Australian business leaders’ ambition on Nature Positive action, and to discuss the opportunities and challenges in pursuing this transformational agenda.
The dialogue was attended by the Honourable Tanya Plibersek MP, senior business leaders (including directors, executives and heads of sustainability), representatives from the Government’s Nature Finance Council and the University of Melbourne’s Biodiversity Institute.
This report seeks to present key areas of discussion and insight from the dialogue. The dialogue took place under the Chatham House Rule, and hence insights and quotes from individuals are de-identified. Informed by expertise within the Melbourne Business School's Centre for Sustainability and Business, this report builds on the dialogue’s themes by drawing on additional insights from several related studies and surveys to shed further light on key topics of discussion and future opportunities for the state of nature in Australia.
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The Melbourne Business School has a purpose of ‘unleashing ideas and leaders for a sustainable future’. As a leading Australian business school its focus includes the design and delivery of world-class sustainability-related dialogues, executive education and research – on topics such as nature positive and biodiversity, climate change and broader issues of sustainable value creation.
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