UNiting Business LIVE Australia Sustainability in Action
Australia's leading UN sustainability conference for business
- DATE: 30-31 October 2024
- VENUE: Jones Bay Wharf, Piers 19-21, 26/32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
About the event
Australia’s leading UN sustainability conference for business leaders and changemakers.
Over two days, UNiting Business LIVE Australia: Sustainability in Action will unite global and local business leaders, changemakers and world-renowned sustainability champions to move beyond sustainability pledges to providing tangible, actionable solutions.
UNiting Business LIVE Australia offers a unique opportunity to learn from business leaders and changemakers that are solving systemic problems, and to connect with Australia’s leading directors, executives and sustainability professionals. Join us to learn what’s next in sustainability leadership.
This year, UNiting Business LIVE Australia takes a deep dive into climate and nature and its intersections with social and governance issues (the E, S and G in ESG).
UNiting Business LIVE Australia delivers sustainability in action — Australia’s leading UN sustainability conference for business, progressing the Australian sustainable business agenda via the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UN Global Compact’s Ten Principles.
Early bird tickets now on sale until 31 July!
Lead, Learn, Connect – our conference pillars
Through the three conference pillars – lead, learn and connect – the 2024 UNiting Business LIVE Australia conference and annual dinner provides specialised streams designed to support Australian business leaders as they drive sustainability action across sectors.
Lead: Position your business as a sustainability leader, setting benchmarks and inspiring a ripple effect of positive change across your sector.
Learn: Propel your career and your company’s sustainability agenda forward with cutting-edge knowledge, insights and technical guidance from those at the forefront of change.
Connect: Cultivate a vast network of like-minded professionals, thought leaders and changemakers dedicated to shaping the future of sustainable business.
Who attends:
UNiting Business LIVE Australia attendees represent every part of the sustainability value chain including senior decision makers, sustainability practitioners, technical specialists, advisors, communications professionals, small and medium enterprise leaders, government, civil society and academic leaders. These are our changemakers.
- C-suite and boards – dedicated sessions that capture emerging opportunities in sustainability; exclusive spaces to connect with fellow executive leaders; training and guidance on sustainable governance.
- Sustainability professionals and changemakers – practical tools and provocative conversations that deliver impact; extensive time to connect, network and collaborate with cutting-edge sustainability changemakers; regenerative spaces for sustainability leaders fighting for change.
- Small and medium enterprise leaders
- Government, civil society and academic leaders
Why attend:
- Drive impact throughout your organisation and beyond as you collaborate with C-suite, board members, investors, political leaders and sustainability professionals
- Network with global and regional leaders from business, government, civil society and academia
- Attend plenary sessions with our most transformational sustainability experts
- Breakout to concurrent lead and learn sessions, including workshops designed to equip you with the tools, technical guidance, strategies and key insights necessary to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within your organisation.
- Engage with world-renowned sustainability leaders through dedicated audience-directed Q&As.
Previous conference highlights:
- 302 Delegates
- 23 Partners
- 30 Speakers
- 91.66% rated the forum as moderately, considerably and extremely valuable
“It was a great combination of new and interesting ideas and reminder of what we know. The challenge is always to leave people with something more to do, someone more to meet and something new to think and I do think you achieved that, so thanks.” Delegate comment
Speakers
Why UNiting Business LIVE Australia matters
Join Australia’s leading UN sustainability conference for business leaders and changemakers.
As we pass the milestone of the halfway mark to the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Australia’s leading UN sustainability conference for business addresses the rapidly shifting landscape of sustainability.
Held just one month after the UN Summit of the Future, UNiting Business LIVE Australia will be centred on expediting the impact of the private sector, including action-oriented outcomes from the Pact for the Future.
Recent years have brought both ample reasons for despair and moments for optimism. Sustainability risks for corporates and investors continue to rise, as we simultaneously fall short on meeting the SDGs and observe increases in climate emergencies and humanitarian crises. However, there remains optimism, hope, empowerment and – perhaps most importantly – action.
We believe in the ability of the private sector to act and deliver crucial impact for sustainability. This year’s UNiting Business LIVE Australia: Sustainability in Action conference – and annual dinner – moves beyond pledges and transforms business operations and investments, both in and for, a truly sustainable planet.
Program
Day 1: 30 October 2024
Registration
Welcome to Country
Conference welcome
Lead
Opening Address: Assistant Director and UNGC CEO, Sanda Ojiambo
Learn
Executive agency and advocacy for corporate action
Connect
Morning tea & Connect Lounge
Lead
Board agency and advocacy for corporate action
Learn
Investor actions for corporate sustainability
Lead
Executive actions for sustainability: restoring trust in private sector leadership
Connect
Lunch & Connect Lounge
Lead
Sustainable Governance
Developing credible and compelling ESG narratives
Learn
Business & Human Rights
Placing traditional knowledge at the centre of the business response to protect the environment: Let’s be honest about our Eurocentric bias
Learn
Environment and Climate Change
Advanced actions for ASRS and mandatory climate reporting
Connect
Afternoon tea & Connect Lounge
Learn
Degrowth debate: sustainable growth and the bottom line
Close day 1
Leadership Dinner (invitation only)
The Leadership Dinner will occur on Wednesday 30 October after the Welcome Reception at Jones Bay Wharf for a select group of executives, board members, and investors. A two-course dinner will be served, along with the opportunity to meet Sanda Ojiambo, Assistant Secretary-General and CEO of the United Nations Global Compact.
This is an exclusive invitation-only event.
Day 2: 31 October 2024
Registration
Welcome
Lead
Policy in action: government support for sustainability in the private sector
Lead
Corporate drivers for nature-positive action
Learn
Innovation in action: AI, SI and sustainability silver bullets
Connect
Morning tea & Connect Lounge
Learn
Business and Human Rights
The human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment: what in the 1.5C+ world does that mean?
Learn
Environment and Climate Change
Global movements in voluntary reporting for nature positive impact: trends, tips, timelines and strategies for success
Learn
Sustainable Governance
Navigating sustainability partnerships: does competition law act as a barrier to collective business action on sustainability?
Connect
Lunch & Connect Lounge
Learn
Environment and Climate Change
Circular solutions for corporate sustainability
Learn
Business & Human Rights
Operationalising Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence: What works and what doesn’t?
Learn
Sustainable Governance
Transformational Governance: Transform your corporate governance for greater impact & resilience”
Connect
Afternoon tea & Connect Lounge
Lead
Personal resilience in action: advocacy, agency and surviving sustainability
Conference closing
Connect
UNGCNA Annual Dinner
Event Map
Event Partners
Partnership enquiries
For all partnership enquiries please contact: partnerships@unglobalcompact.org.au
Natasha: 0409 790 530
Abdul: 0433 159 345
