by Dr Georgina Davis | Aug 2, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation
Thanks to the Sustainable Engineering Society (SENG), Engineers Australia, for inviting me to speak at their War on Waste session on 3 July 2018. At the event held at Engineering House, located in Brisbane City, I had the privilege to present alongside three amazing...
by Dr Georgina Davis | May 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Recently there has been increasing rhetoric throughout the media on both the opportunities and risks posed by recycled and non-recycled organic wastes being spread to farmland stimulated, in part, by the adoption of more ‘plate to paddock’ approaches. Last month’s...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Feb 23, 2018 | innovation, Uncategorized
For those who have not seen this study, last year the Queensland Government released the findings of a study within the Queensland community to obtain a greater understanding of the public’s current perceptions and attitudes towards innovation. For a copy of the...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Feb 4, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Professionalism, Human Resources and People Management
November 2017 saw the release of the 2016-2017 data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Despite the headlines, which highlighted that the full-time gender pay gap in Australia was trending down, men still take home $26,527 a year more than women, and...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 29, 2018 | Energy Affordability, Reliability
It was recently posed to me by the executive of a leading consumer group that Australia’s intensive agricultural sector is the ‘canary in the coal mine’ in terms of understanding the impacts of Australia’s current energy crisis on the wider business community and,...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 26, 2018 | E-waste, Future Waste Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation
Lithium is running hot and getting hotter. The rise of lithium-ion batteries in everything from headphones, smartphones, electric cars to industrial energy-storage, has compounded the demand for this vital element with prices soaring around 65% this year. The annual...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 15, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation
By the end of 2017, global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity will rival nuclear, and by 2022 it could more than double nuclear capacity. There is an urgent need in Australia for both a product stewardship scheme for PV cells and a robust framework for rehabilitation of...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 11, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation
In January 2015, Queensland began exporting Coal Seam Gas (CSG, otherwise known as coal bed methane) to Asian markets. The volumes expected with these exports are expected to realise 1400BCF in 2017 alone and combined with gas (including off-shore conventional gas)...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 2, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Professionalism, Human Resources and People Management
Over recent years, media research and social outrage have levied close scrutiny on the supply chain ethics of the textile industry which has been marred by modern slavery allegations. Shockingly, the International Labour Organisation estimated that almost 21 million...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Nov 13, 2017 | Professionalism, Human Resources and People Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation, Waste To Opportunity
Directors are now liable for climate-change impact on their business. The complexity of this risk is not to be underestimated. Not only is the multi-national presence and operations of many companies increasingly complex, as are company structures, but the growing...
