Foenander lecture series
The lecture is open to the public and provides an opportunity for the academic and business community to discuss contemporary issues of joint interest.
The Foenander Lecture was established in memory of Orwell D. Foenander, a former academic at the University, who was one of the leading figures in industrial relations scholarship in the early 20th century. Each year we invite a distinguished figure from government, business, the union movement or academia to present a lecture on contemporary issues in industrial relations and human resource management to an audience of practitioners and academics. This is a once-in-a-lifetime honour - speakers cannot be invited to deliver more than one Orwell Foenander lecture.
The lecture is open to the public and allows the academic and business community to discuss contemporary issues of joint interest. The lecture is usually scheduled in the early evening and held in one of the lecture theatres on campus.
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Values Diffusion: How Toll Group is making sustainability stick
Amid growing global urgency around sustainability, enterprises remain both significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and powerful engines for positive change. Yet top-down efforts alone—such as corporate directives and policy mandates—can only go so far in creating meaningful, lasting environmental impact. This lecture, presented by Toll Group's Chief Commercial and Sustainability Officer Anna Green, examines how true sustainability transformation requires both enterprise-led measures and people-led engagement.