Date: 6th of December 2021
Time: 10:45am to 11:45am
Venue: Melbourne Connect (University of Melbourne)
Panel:  Gavin Smith (Bosch Australia), Corinne Schoch (Global Compact Network Australia); Katie Mee ([Interim] Associate Director, Sustainability, University of Melbourne), moderated by Ben Neville (University of Melbourne)

Corinne Schoch

Head, Programmes

Global Compact Network Australia

Corinne Schoch is Head of Programmes of the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA); the Australian Local Network of the United Nations (UN) Global Compact. Corinne is a climate change and sustainability professional with fifteen years of experience working globally across the corporate, development and social sectors. As Head of Programmes, Corinne leads and manages the GCNA’s five strategic workstreams: Antibribery and Corruption, Environment and Climate Change, Human Rights, Inclusion and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Corinne was recently appointed to the FAO-UNDP Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through NDCs and NAPs (SCALA)Advisory Committee.

Corinne holds a Bachelor of Science, Masters of Science (International Security and Global Governance) and completed a Corporate Sustainability course at New York University Stern Business School.

Title: The Business Pathway to Net Zero Emissions

Synopsis: As the Australian Government heads towards the COP26 meeting in Glasgow with inadequate climate targets and policies, Australian businesses have been forging their decarbonisation pathway anyway. In this panel, hear how Australian organisations are transitioning their operations toward net zero. But is it enough?