A guide for local governments to help business to become more socially and environmentally responsible.

This report explores the potential solutions for transitioning existing precincts to be lower carbon through collaboration on engineering solutions, financial models and governance approaches. The report focuses on Sydney’s Broadway Precinct, a precinct which includes two major educational campuses with strong sustainability drivers and a new residential / retail development that includes a district heating...

In NSW, groundwater users must pay to take groundwater which is traded in a market. However, in Queensland there is generally no cost for the take of groundwater beyond , a nominal fee to obtain a licence. The provision of access to a public resource like groundwater without payment can function as a hidden subsidy...

This research demonstrates growth in GDP ultimately cannot be decoupled from growth in material and energy use. It argues for discarding GDP growth as the goal in favor of more comprehensive measures of societal wellbeing.

RMCG has completed a ground-breaking socio-economic study of the impact of the Basin Plan across the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District (GMID). The study was commissioned by concerned agencies and stakeholders across the region. The study shows that the Basin Plan has led to significant impacts for the GMID and its regional community. Key findings are: Total...