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March 2011
Joanna Gilligan presented on "Creating sustainable business policy" at the Yarra Ranges Sustainable Business Program, Vic.
January 2011
Nadya Krienke-Becker presented on Sustainable Brand and marketing at the Yarra Ranges Sustainable Business Program, Vic.
January 2011
Dan Atkins was a guest speaker at the G'Day USA "Dialogue on Sustainable Cities", Los Angeles.
December 2010
Dan Atkins was a guest speaker at the 2010 Melbourne CitySwitch Awards. Dan spoke about the Business Case for Sustainability, Melbourne.
December 2010
Dan Atkins was the guest speaker at the Melbourne Business School's Sustainability Networking Drinks. Dan presented on Sustainability: A Year in review, Melbourne.
November 2010
Nick Palousis & Dan Atkins facilitated the Sustainable Business Innovation Forum; a 1 day event for South Australian SME leaders exploring sustainable practice & adoption of clean technologies for the development of new innovations in products, services & business models, Adelaide.
November 2010
Nick Palousis facilitated the third of three WIIN Good Business Workshops on Sustainability Risk Management. Nick presented emerging business risks businesses may be exposed to through changing environmental conditions and provided processes for managing these risks to sustain their long-term business operations, Adelaide.
November 2010
Dan Atkins facilitated the second of three WIIN Good Business Workshops on Sustainable Supply Chain management and how to improve performance and efficiency whilst working to reduce operating costs and protect against emerging supply and market risks, Adelaide.
October 2010
Nick Palousis was a guest presenter at TEDx Adealide and spoke about 'how we can learn from nature to create resilient cities and regional economies that thrive through symbiotic relationships between businesses, the community and the natural environment.'
October 2010
Nadya Krienke-Becker was a guest speaker at the Galvanizers Association of Australia's annual conference. Nadya presented on the benefits Sustainable Brand & Marketing, Gold Coast, QLD.
October 2010
Dan Atkins presented at Aon's annual Risk Finance Conference on 'Sustainable Branding & Risk Strategy', Melbourne.
September 2010
Dan Atkins was invited as a guest speaker at Ecosure's 2010 EMS conference in Geelong. Dan spoke about 'the business case for sustainability, focusing on using EMS as the basis to build strategic competitive advantage'.
September 2010
Dan Atkins was a guest speaker at the Wyndham City Council's Sustainability Festival and persented on'Harnessing The Business
Case for Sustainability', Vic.
August 2010
Nadya Krienke-Becker facilitated the first of three WIIN Good Business Workshops on Sustainable Brand & marketing. Nadya's presentation provided insights and procedures for creating green and sustainable brands, and leveraging these into the market to increase sales and reputation, Adelaide.
August 2010
Dan Atkins was invited as a guest speaker at The Faculty's Roundtable Issues Workshop to share his expert knowledge in the area of sustainability, and to facilitate a discussion on the business case for investing in sustainability, Melbourne.
August 2010
Dan Atkins spoke about 'Applying sustainability to the business context' at the Yarra Ranges Sustainable Business Program, Vic.
August 2010
Nick Palousis spoke about the opportunities and benefits of Eco-Industrial parks in South Australia at the Planning for Green Competitiveness Forum, Adelaide
August 2010
Dan Atkins spoke about the 'Business Case for Buying Green' at the 5th annual Sustainable Procurement Australia Conference in Melbourne
July 2010
Dan Atkins was a guest speaker at the Yarra Ranges Sustainable Business Leaders Gala dinner at Swinburne University, Vic.
June 2010
Nadya Krienke-Becker was a panel member at the Australian Davos Connection - Future Summit. The session examined companies using sustainability to create new business interactions with their customers and how best to engage with the consumer to achieve sustainable forms of consumption, Melbourne.
May 2010
Nick Palousis spoke at the SA Planning Institution of Australia's Planning for Green Competitiveness Networking function on Industrial Symbiosis and 'Best practice on sustainable business models'.
May 2010
Dan Atkins spoke at Hallmark Editions, 3rd Victorian Sustainable Development Conference in Melbourne.
May 2010
Nadya Krienke-Becker was a panel member at the Australian Davos Connection - Future Summit. The session examined companies using sustainability to create new business interactions with their customers and how best to engage with the consumer to achieve sustainable forms of consumption, Melbourne.
May 2010
Nick Palousis was a panel member at the Australian Davos Connection - Future Summit. The session examined the opportunities, challenges and perspectives of leading companies going beyond typical incremental improvements – and using sustainability to redefine their business models, Melbourne.
May 2010
Dan Atkins presented a keynote address on Australia's transition to a Green Economy and introduced the concurrent sessions of the Future Summit in Melbourne.
May 2010
Dan Atkins spoke about Emerging Business Opportunities in a Green Economy at a NSW Dept of Industry & Innovation conference
May 2010
Dan Atkins spoke at RMIA's Risk Management Conference on the strategic and operational risks and opportunities presented by climate change, Adelaide.
March 2010
Dan Atkins spoke about the "business case for sustainability" at the Sustainability Industry Roundtable, Melbourne
January 29th 2010
Dan Atkins presented "Sustainability as a Lens for Innovation" at the CEO Institute Annual Conference in Melbourne.
November 11th to 13th 2009
Nick Palousis presented a key note speech at the Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Institutional Research, Adelaide.
October 21st & 22nd 2009
Dan Atkins presented "Climate Change and Sustainability - our biggest challenge yet?" at the VMIA's inaugural risk confrerence, Melbourne.
September 2009
Dan Atkins was interviewed for an ABC broadcast on Climate Change "Australians the world's worst polluters".
10th & 17th July 2009
Dan Atkins presented at the book launch seminar for the recently published "Opportunities Beyond Carbon: looking forward to a sustainable world." Sydney July 10th / Melbourne July 17th.
3rd June 2009
Nick Palousis, Principal of Shaper Group will speak at the Book launch: John O’Brien’s “ Economy of the Future - opportunities within a carbon constrained economy”, South Australia.
20th May 2009
Dan Atkins Managing Director Shaper Group, will present “The climate is changing risk management” in a seminar hosted by the Risk Management Institution of Australasia, Melbourne.
3rd April 2009
Dan Atkins presented a session on “Achieving Change: Facilitators. Embracing Sustainable Business Practices” at the Climate Change at Work Conference, Sydney.
29th April 2009
Dan Atkins delivered a key note speech on Innovation during a World Crisis at the South Australian launch of the Australian Festival for Innovation, National Wine Centre, Hackney Road, Adelaide.
3rd April 2009
Dan Atkins presented a session on “Achieving Change: Facilitators. Embracing Sustainable Business Practices” at the Climate Change at Work Conference, Sydney.
31st March 2009
Dan Atkins spoke in a panel discussion about “The servicing of the CPRS by the Financial Market/ Financial products for businesses in a carbon economy” at the recent Australian Carbon Trading and Reduction Conference, at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre.
4th March 2009
Glenn Bartlett, Shaper Group Associate, presented his thoughts on behaviour change for sustainability at Monash University.
3rd March 2009
Nadya Krienke-Becker and Deane Belfield talk with Lynne Twist, co founder of the Pachamama Alliance discussing the concept of "4 minutes to change the world".
4th February 2009
Dan Atkins presented at Melbourne Sustainability Drinks, his thoughts on embracing the business case for sustainability and its relevance in the current economic climate.
28th January 2009
Dan Atkins, Managing Director of Shaper Group, is presenting at a breakfast seminar, for Yarra Valley Water and the Manningham.
21st November 2008
Dean Steele-Bennett presented at the Career Advisors Association of NSW – the future of Green jobs for NSW school students.
17th November 2008
Nick Palousis presented dual lectures for the University of South Australia Climate change: will it push your business to extinction?
5th December 2008
Nick Palousis, Business Shaper Principal, presented at the Northern Economic Leaders function, alongside Tim Cooper (MD, Coopers Brewery) and Marc Fabig (MD, Osmoflo).
09 - 10th December, 2008
Managing Director of Shaper Group, Dan Atkins, facilitated a workshop as part of the Green Business conference: Implementing Effective Measuring, Reporting and Strategic Management Processes to Adhere to the 2010 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Dan discussed “How to Translate Climate Change Policy & Regulation into Core Business Practices: Mitigating Risk, Reporting Guidelines & Staff Engagement.”
