As part of the third biennial IPAA Victoria Public Sector Week 2019, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes joined a stellar line up of speakers to discuss 'Why Should The Public Sector Care About Sustainable Development?’ . Dr Sparkes used the key note address to brief the audience from all tiers of government, and corporate Australia on the critical findings of the Victorian State of the Environment 2018 Report, emphasise areas for future focus and explain why the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability is integrating the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals into Victoria’s State of Environment reporting framework. The session also featured John Thwaites Chair MSDI; Cameron Allen, Director Smata Labs; PhD Researcher, Faculty of Science, University of NSW Jay Weatherill, former Premier of SA; Terri Benson, Managing Director South East Water; Dr Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University; Stephen Dovers, Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, College of Science, Australian National University; Tiernan Humphrys, Manager Environmental Sustainability, Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority; Stan Krpan, Chief Executive Officer, Solar Victoria; Carl Obst, Director, Institute for the Development of Environmental-Economic Accounting; Colin Radford, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA); and Becky Sharpe, Senior Project Manager - Environment, Department of Health and Human Services (Vic).
