Not every prediction comes true, but in the last couple of years we all bore witness to the rapid undoing of the traditional office.
The office of the future
Ethics in business is becoming just as important as a strong financial and marketing plan.
How to do the right thing
Why we need to account for arts
As the world’s population grows, the demand for nutritious food will increase and place more pressure on our planet’s finite resources.
Future of food design
Art not only enriches the soul, but creative industries make a significant contribution to the economy and encourage tourism.
How does the food we eat impact the climate? What does the South Korean
drama Squid Game have to do with the cultural future of Australia and New Zealand? How do good people – and good companies – find themselves in bad, unethical situations? As we look ahead to 2023, Acuity’s Big Ideas feature explores some of the hot topics to emerge for professionals in the past 12 months – to ignite debate in the workplace and help chartered accountants navigate the road ahead.
Big
ideas
“We use about 1.7 planets worth of resources every year and we've only got one planet. It just simply doesn't make sense.”
– Justin Lemmens, Sustainable Foods Limited
Recent once-in-a-lifetime events transformed bustling city centres into spaces deserted of people. Just what will our cities look like in 20 years’ time?
What will our cities
look like?
Lessons learned during the economic tumult of the 1970s could stand Australia and New Zealand in good stead to avoid a recession this time round.
Why are we fuelling inflation?
Natural capital accounting attributes a monetary value to environmental resources. The process gives value to what surrounds us.
Valuing our environment
Making false sustainability claims isn't always about a company trying to mislead. Sometimes it’s due to departmental miscommunication.
The problems with greenwashing
“You’ll never come up with the perfect city because the needs of the people living there are always changing.”
– Sara Rollason, Arup
Acuity Special Edition December/January 2023
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“You’ll never come up with the perfect city because the needs of the people living there are always changing.”
– Sara Rollason, Arup
Acuity Special Edition December/January 2023
See full issue
