Research projects

Current Projects

Within the Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development (ACSBD) there are a diversity of projects that are currently underway, such as:

Macadamia farm productivity
Sustainable regional and rural legal practice
Principles for responsible investment (PRI)
National quality-of-governance standard
Climate change mitigation by Queensland councils
Carbon mitigation and offsetting by U.S. ecotourism operators
MACC case studies for the meat and livestock industries

Determining the Social and Policy Challenges of a Digital Future: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Rural and Regional Australia

Use of Technology in Higher Education: An Assessment from Socio-Economic Perspectives

Previous Projects

Carbon offsetting and mitigation by Queensland tourism enterprises
Carbon reporting in the Qld public sector
Environmental sustainability change management
Managing environmental sustainability for competitiveness
Not-for-profit fraud
GRI sustainability disclosure guidelines
Influence of institutional activism on carbon disclosures

Project Submission Process

All members who are seeking ACSBD support for research project submissions and expressions of interest are encouraged to follow the Grant Application Process (PDF*324KB).

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