With our Member Organisations endorsing the global Professional Bodies Climate Action Charter, the Australian Council of Professions is facilitating an initiative to assist other professional organisations exploring ways they too can help secure a sustainable future. The Australian / New Zealand ‘Forum for Climate Action’ enables sharing and harnessing of joint expertise and climate-relevant resources […]
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With the discourse on “Net Zero by 2050” and similar goals running hot, we have explored the possibilities of professional associations in Australia and New Zealand expressing their support for progressing the goals of the Paris Agreement. To gauge support for a joint activity within the context of the Glasgow COP 26 meeting, we held
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While ACoP welcomes the milestone achieved on all ASX 200 Boards now having at least 1 member who is female, there is still much work to be done to embrace and include the richness of diversity to which Australian society and businesses should have ready access. So we’re not quite ready to pop the champagne just
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“Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment?” wrote Harvey Blume in The Atlantic in 1998. Over 20 years later, have we progressed much in leveraging neurologically diverse talent to increase
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The game-changing promises of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to do things more efficiently, faster and at a lower cost have recently been tempered by concerns. Can these complex, opaque AI systems do more societal harm than economic good? Artificial Intelligence systems that neglect humans as a core design principle have the potential to challenge ethical decision-making
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A theme that has emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic is the need for self-care in an environment that has disrupted the professional’s work environment. Right now, professionals and their governing bodies are making long term decisions based on seismic shifts arising from the pandemic.
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In response to the increasingly concerning trend in public statements that appear to undermine the confidence in Australia’s leading vaccination and health advice, ACoP has publicly called for a reset in the current tone of debate. In a Media Statement distributed widely last week, our Chief Professionalist Prof Deen Sanders OAM expressed concerns that the
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Each July, NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The theme for 2021 is a call to ‘Heal Country, Heal our Nation!’ As the unifying alliance for Australian professions, ACoP calls on all professionals to acknowledge the significance of indigenous culture in our national heritage and consider
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