BCCM ESG Mutual Business Program 2024-25 (Edition 3)
Get your leading edge in ESG
The 2024-25 BCCM ESG Community of Practice (CoP) Program and workshop series was open to ESG CoP Alumni and BCCM members.
The ESG CoP Program commenced in July 2024, where global ESG authority Dr Victoria Hurth discussed how to build a compelling and tailored ESG narrative and strategies for getting the board’s buy-in. This was followed by the second workshop with the globally recognised “Father of ESG”, Colin Melvin from Arkadiko Partners.
In the third workshop, Peter Watts led a discussion on building the capability to deliver on sustainability within your co-operative or mutual. The fourth workshop was led by the global sustainability and communications expert – Heidi Hauf – who discussed the latest best practices around sustainability reporting and communications.
In the fifth workshop, participants heard from Jessica Wegener from Wyla Sustainability who is an Indigenous woman from Ngiyampaa country in western NSW. Jessica, an expert in translating sustainability principles between different cultural contexts, shared lessons from First Nations perspectives that can inform how organisations operate today.
In the final workshop, the group reflected on the two years since the launch of the Cooperatives and Mutuals Declaration of Climate Action. Other important milestones include the roll-out of mandatory climate reporting and the increasing impacts from climate issues affecting our members across the country. This was a timely stock-take of actions, risk management and opportunities, with a guest speaker Rade Musulin, Principal Finity Consulting, demonstrating highly effective climate strategies applicable to the world of co-ops and mutuals.
For further information, please contact the community of practice leader Peter Watts.
Following our inaugural ESG Program commencing in 2022 – a world first in the co-op and mutual sector, there have been some significant moves forward, both within the world of co-operatives and mutuals (including the launch of the BCCM Co-operative and Mutual Climate Commitment) and the broader context with new reporting requirements from the Australian Government which are impacting our members as well as new rules on greenwashing.
The BCCM remains committed to working with our sector to achieve progress in sustainability and ESG from the unique perspective of co-ops and mutuals.
Program inclusions
The 2024–25 program for BCCM ESG Community of Practice members and BCCM members offered an enhanced value proposition, including:
- Six expert led workshops from international thought leaders and practitioners on sustainability and ESG.
- Flexible and demand driven access to the Sustainability Strategy for Co-operatives and Mutuals training Program – covering topics including interpreting sustainability for co-operatives and mutuals, carbon accounting, Scope 3 assessment, biodiversity protection, international sustainability frameworks and creating long-term transformation.
Download our ESG Community of Practice (CoP) Program brochure.