Governance

Advisory Group

The Focal Point works under the direction of the GRI Secretariat; and is advised by a multi-stakeholder Advisory Group of key representatives from different constituencies and regions in Australia.

The role of the Advisory Group is to discuss the strategic objectives for the region, avenues for financial support in Australia and the preferred role and activities for the Focal Point. Members of the Advisory Group sit for a two year term; current members include:

  • Stella Whittaker, Manidis Roberts, Advisory Group Chair
  • Renee Hancock, ANZ, GRI Stakeholder Council Member
  • Robyn Leeson, NetBalance Foundation, GRI Stakeholder Council Member
  • Caroline Noller, Australand, GRI Stakeholder Council Member
  • Julian Poulter, Business Director, The Climate Institute
  • John Purcell, CPA Australia
  • Wayne Wescott, Independent Sustainability Consultant and Former CEO ICLEI, Former GRI Stakeholder Council Member

View "The Advisory Group function, members and Terms of Reference"

 
Network Manager, Focal Point Australia – Lena Geraghty

Lena is one of two Network Managers for the Global Reporting Initiative's Focal Point in Australia.
Lena has a strong background in sustainability with significant client
relationship and business development success. She was the first Corporate Social Responsibility manager for Corporate Express Australia. There she was responsible for implementation of their CSR strategy, which led to Corporate Express Australia being named Sustainable Company of the Year at the 8th Australian Sustainability Awards 2008.
Lena was also General Manager of a successful environmental sustainability consultancy with state government and corporate clients such as Microsoft. She was the former executive director and Chair of Buy Recycled Business Alliance in Australia, a not for profit where organisations like Fuji Xerox, McDonalds, VISY among others came together to help promote the use and purchase of recycled content products.
Lena has a BA in History, Sociology and Politics, and post graduate Certificates in Business and Sustainability.
 

Network Manager, Focal Point Australia – Victoria Whitaker

 Victoria Whitaker imageVictoria is one of two Network Managers for the Global Reporting Initiative’s Focal Point in Australia.

Victoria holds a Degree in Arts, and a Master of Education for Sustainability. She draws on 10 years of local and international experience in sustainability, which has focused largely on developing policy, strategies and frameworks around a strategic approach to sustainability. Victoria’s qualifications and experience have provided her with an excellent understanding of contemporary challenges in integrating sustainability into organisational policy and strategies and in facilitating organisational and community behaviour change.

Prior to working at GRI, Victoria most recently worked in sustainability policy at CHOICE, and at the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, where she managed the Prince of Wales’s Business and the Environment Program and Al Gore’s Climate Project amongst other programs. 

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