Nicole Thompson, Author at Edge Environment US

Australian business – time to get to your act together

4 December 2018 By Nicole Thompson In All Categories, Edge News, Modern Slavery

The Australian Modern Slavery Act has passed Parliament and will come into force in early 2019. Affecting about 3,000 companies, organisations with a turnover of …

The Sustainable Development Goals – How to go from aligning icons to driving impact.

30 November 2018 By Nicole Thompson In All Categories, Edge News, Life Cycle Assessment, Management and Governance, Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations General Assembly are a blueprint for the world to achieve sustainable development and have received …

Modern Slavery: time to get your Act together

6 July 2018 By Nicole Thompson In All Categories, Edge News, Modern Slavery, Policy & Tool Development, Social Impact Strategy

In the month of June we saw not one, but two pieces of modern slavery legislation announced. The Modern Slavery Bill 2018 was introduced into …

Make More Good for June: Bush Heritage Australia

27 June 2018 By Nicole Thompson In All Categories, Edge News

Edge Environment’s monthly ‘Make More Good’ donation sends $300 to a worthy cause nominated by a staff member. In June, Edge’s Senior Sustainability Consultant Nicole …

Modern slavery in Australia – the issue, the legislation and what to do about it

18 December 2017 By Nicole Thompson In All Categories, Edge News, Edge Publication, Modern Slavery

The term “Modern Slavery” has been in the news a lot lately. Companies all over the world – many of them household names – have …

Procuring the way to ethical supply chains – insight from the Government Procurement Conference 2017

18 December 2017 By Nicole Thompson In All Categories, Edge News, Modern Slavery, Sustainable Procurement

I recently attended the Government Procurement conference and I was pleasantly surprised to find social sustainability was, within the first hour named as one the …

There are 27 million slaves in the world: is your business enslaving them?

14 September 2017 By Nicole Thompson In All Categories, Edge News, Industry Insight, Modern Slavery, National News, Sustainable Procurement

Every product or service your business uses – do you know who was involved down to the smallest detail? It might be a product of modern …

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