Industry will have greater access to The University of Queensland’s climate change specialists, following the formation of a leading-edge climate change alliance.
Unique to Australia, four companies with access to leading climate change experts have come together to provide a significant, tailored and integrated service to assist businesses to understand, adapt and succeed in the new low carbon age.
UQ’s commercialisation company UniQuest along with AARC, Herbert Geer, and BDO Kendalls formed the Equator Alliance to offer a coordinated client service including identifying, managing and reducing carbon output, as well as developing new sustainability solutions and competitive advantages.
For UniQuest, which facilitates industry access to UQ’s extensive bank of expertise and resources, forming the Alliance was a natural progression, according to UniQuest Managing Director, David Henderson.
“With the impacts of carbon emissions, trading and sustainability starting to take shape we were conscious that business required comprehensive expert, research-based guidance and practical support at every stage,” said Mr Henderson.
“Joining the Alliance enables UniQuest to open up further opportunities for UQ researchers to not only provide services to major new clients but also to work closely with allied industry professionals,” he said.
The Alliance will be launched on Wednesday 9th September in Brisbane. The keynote speaker at the launch event will be Ms Bernadette Welch, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority (ACCRA), Department of Climate Change.
Ms Welch will be also holding meetings with UQ Climate Change experts in energy, forestry, economics and legislation.
About UniQuest
UniQuest is widely recognised as Australia’s largest and most successful university commercialisation group. Established by The University of Queensland in 1984, UniQuest fosters links between the University – with its valuable emerging technologies, expertise and facilities – and the financial and entrepreneurial resources of industry, business and government.
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