ACBI Sustainability Education Summit

Join 100+ environmental, social and governance leaders and explore best practice in SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION IN AN INNOVATIVE HYBRID EVENT EARLY REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN: SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION SUMMIT - 25TH -26TH AUGUST 2021 - NSW PARLIAMENT HOUSE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA As Governments, corporations and their stakeholders worldwide are becoming more aware of the growing impacts of climate change, destruction and depletion of natural resources, and the critical services provided by ecosystems worldwide, environmental management and sustainability are coming to the fore of business interests. Especially as the latest push for net zero carbon goals and sustainability more generally is being led by the global investment, credit reporting, financial services institutions, insurance and reinsurance communities and activist investors. Neglecting sustainability strategy is having an increasing risky impact on the balance sheet and it’s become a business-critical issue. Good business management is now embracing environmental, social and corporate governance. THE AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (ACBI) is a leading provider of vocational education for domestic and overseas students in the area of business and digital technologies, with leading-edge training responsive to current industry practice and guided by local and global responsibility. As part of our focus on social responsibility in business, ACBI run a range of tertiary courses in environmental management and sustainability. We are now expanding on this offering by launching a conference and in house training course series focused on corporate sustainability education. The summit is in the early stages of development but we've had a strong interest so far, and we are honoured to be joined by the following international keynote speakers in 2021’s launch year: * STEFANOS FOTIOU, Director, Environment and Development Division, UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC * DR RABIA FERROUKHI, Director of the Knowledge, Policy and Finance Center at the INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (IRENA) Event development is being led through the advisory support of sustainability and environmental management leaders from organisations including: AFFIRMATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, SANDVIK, AUSTRALIA POST, NSW DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT, ACURIS GLOBAL, VISY INDUSTRIES PTY LTD, ALINTA ENERGY, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, WALGETT SHIRE COUNCIL, LIVERPOOL COUNCIL, AUSTRALIAN PACKAGING COVENANT ORGANISATION LTD, MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA, TAMWORTH REGIONAL COUNCIL, JOHN HOLLAND, INTERFLOW, AND TELSTRA Over 2 in-depth and interactive days from 25-26 AUGUST 2021, the inaugural ACBI SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION SUMMIT will be held in an innovative hybrid format, both physically at NSW Parliament House and online through an immersive virtual event platform. We look forward to bringing together 100+ SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS to network, share case studies and new ideas, and benchmark best practice approaches to SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION. Early bird registrations are now open. Secure your pass BEFORE FRIDAY JULY 2ND for the best available rate. For more information around the event, please contact ALICIA BOYD, EVENT MANAGER, ACBI on 0402 231 300 or ALICIA.BOYD@ACBI.EDU.AU, or visit our SUMMIT WEBSITE AT WWW.SESUMMIT.COM.AU [https://sesummit.com.au/index.html]. PARTNER WITH US AROUND THIS EXCITING NEW INITIATIVE Do you offer leading edge technology solutions or consulting services that help?environmental or sustainability managers better measure, analyse, and report on their key environmental and sustainability metrics, or generally reduce their environmental or climate impact??? Or do you provide training and education services focussed on environmental management and sustainability in a corporate or organisational context?? ?We’d? love to work with you to promote your organisation, build your brand recognition, connect to more potential clients and create the best possible?sustainability education summit and in-house training program ?together. For more information around partnership opportunities, please contact BRENDAN IRWIN, SALES MANAGER, ACBI on 0406 910 512 or BRENDAN.IRWIN@ACBI.EDU.AU. _CANCELLATION POLICY __ACBI has a flexible delegate cancellation policy to provide the adaptability needed in the often rapidly changing and challenging COVID-19 pandemic conditions and accommodate unexpected the shifts and bends of regular life. __REGISTRATION CHANGE FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE OR VICE VERSA __Given the uncertainties of the pandemic around potential lockdown events and border closures, we will provide all attendees the option to freely change their registration from physical to virtual attendance or virtual to physical attendance. Participants transferring from physical to virtual attendance will be refunded the difference between their initial registration fee and the current fee rate for virtual event attendance. Participants transferring from virtual to physical attendance will be charged the difference between their initial registration fee and the current fee rate for physical event attendance. __ DELEGATE SUBSTITUTION __If you are unable to attend the SUMMIT, a replacement delegate may be sent in your place at no extra charge. Notification must be made in writing to info@sesummit.com.au and received prior to the event commencing. __REGISTRATION CANCELLATION BY PARTICIPANT __If participants choose to cancel their registration in full they will be offered a full refund minus an AUD$220 administration fee (GST inclusive) for physical event participants and AUD$88 (GST inclusive) for virtual event participants. __EVENT CANCELLATION BY ACBI __ACBI reserves the right to cancel the ACBI Sustainability Education Summit due to very low attendance registrations, a particularly severe COVID-19 case spike, or other unforeseen circumstances which would make the event non-viable. If ACBI cancels the summit, registrants will be offered a full refund minus an AUD$220 administration fee (GST inclusive) for physical event participants and AUD$88 (GST inclusive) for virtual event participants. Should circumstances arise that result in the postponement of an event, registrants will have the option to either receive a full refund minus the relevant administration fee or transfer registration to the same event at the new, future date for no charge. __CANCELLATION PAYOUT DATE __Cancellation refunds will be paid out in full on 7 September 2021 to allow for reconciliation of ACBI's final event delegate revenue from our registration provider. Depending on your bank, it will take 4-5 business days to receive your funds. _