Karlson Hargroves, Smith, M (2004) A Platform for Change. CSIRO ECOS

The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2008

2003

The Western Australian government has committed itself to developing a sustainability assessment process for projects, plans, policies and programs, as well as legislation, Cabinet submissions, corporate plans and proposed government agreements. This article briefly reviews some of the challenges posed by sustainability assessment. It then presents an integrated approach for a process that could be implemented in Western Australia with minimal amendment to existing legislation and administrative bodies.

2009

... Keynote Address: Enabling Sustainability Assessment in Western Australia, Presented atSustainability Assessment Symposium: Progressing Practice in Western Australia, 24-25 September 2008, Maria's on the Terrace, South Terrace, Fremantle, Australia. ...

Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, 1995

2019

Governments Post-and Non-Implementation of Over-arching Sustainability Policy influences. Therefore, I have described the sustainable development policy story in these three states as 'hidden' successes.

Environmental Politics, 2011

Operationalising sustainability has proven difficult because the concept is ambiguous and fraught with contradictions. In response, sustainability indicator systems to characterise and measure sustainable development have been developed globally. The focus of this article is on how indicators function as an instrument of policy to enhance achievement of environmental and sustainability policy in Australia at national scale. In theory, by integrating information from the environmental, social and economic domains and then feeding knowledge to a wide range of policy sectors, sustainability indicator systems may facilitate cross-agency and -portfolio connectivity. Key characteristics of the various sustainability indicator systems developed to inform policy at the national level are described, noting the diverse approaches to indicator development in Australia. The structural relevance of indicator systems to the mechanisms of policy and institutions in Australia is discussed, and corresponding issues of institutional fit are analysed.

iag.org.au

To facilitate research and debate on environmental sustainability in rural, urban and remote regions: this is the overarching aim of the Institute of Australian Geographers' Study Group on Environmental Sustainability (ENSU?), agreed at its workshop held at the University of ...

2018

It is increasingly being recognised that global natural resource consumption levels exceed planetary limits and that the present trajectory of industrial development is not sustainable. To achieve a more viable existence necessitates a fundamental shift in priorities from the prevailing economic growth-centred, consumer driven philosophy to one that marries aspirations for economic growth with long-term environmental and social considerations. This shift in priorities requires significant contributions and action at the global, national and local levels by the primary 'wheels' of sustainability: government, corporations and civil society. Over the past 100 years, corporations have become the most powerful institution on the planet with both the financial resources and institutional capacity to take the lead role in shaping a sustainable future for humankind. Yet, within and between industry sectors and across geographic locations there has been great diversity in the extent ...