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Researchers in this cluster
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Name Interests Rebekkah Markey-Towler climate change law and litigation A/Professor Ken Winkel Toxinology, Immunology, Public health, Medical History, Tropical Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Humanities, science & technology, life sciences & biomedicine Andrew Irvin Sustainability, climate change mitigation A/Professor Alexander Idnurm Mendelian genetics and mating in fungi, Oilseed brassicas and human pathogens, biological sciences, science & technology, life sciences & biomedicine, genetics, microbiology, infectious diseases, genetics Dr Billy Geary Quantitative Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Fire Ecology, Ecological Modelling, Ecosystem Management, Biodiversity Policy, Invasive Species, Decision Science, Conservation Planning Dr Kendall Jones biodiversity conservation KaYi Ling Venture Creator, Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre Rose Hawkins Sustainability strategy Stephanie Campbell climate change, energy transitions Tess Barling strategy, communications, arts and visitor economy Professor Emily Nicholson Environmental sciences, life sciences & biomedicine, environmental sciences & ecology, life on land, climate change impacts and adaptation, ecology, biodiversity conservation Keshara de Silva Management, environmental sustainability Dr Panos Loukopoulos Pathology, oncology, One Health, autopsy, wildlife, osteosarcoma, genomics, metabolomics, diagnostic investigation Heber Dias de Oliveira Root microbe interactions, symbionts to parasites Dr Tina Parkhurst Environmental sciences, biological sciences, ecology, climate change impacts and adaptation Steven Myburgh Invasive grass species Dr Rachel Morgain Science and technology studies, biodiversity conservation, Anthropology, Climate adaptation, Human-nature relations, Natural resource management, Knowledge systems, Biodiversity and business, Pacific Studies Qingting Liao Conservation, biodiversity Dr Tim Werner Critical Minerals, Land Use Change, Economic Geology, Energy Transition, Mining Impacts, Remote Sensing, Industrial Ecology, Mineral Resources, science & technology Professor Jacqueline Dutton language, communication and culture, arts & humanities, literary studies, literature, cultural studies, literature, romance, history, heritage and archaeology Ainslie Macdonald agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, animal production, climate action, life on land, environmental sciences, science & technology, agriculture, dairy & animal science, pharmacokinetics Dr Laura Bedford Criminology, Political ecology; green criminology; ecological justice, State-corporate crime; crimes of the powerful, Environmental racism and environmental justice, Activism, resistance and defense, Criminal justice policy, Crime prevention, Policing, Research methodology and methods Shankar Adhikari Forest ecosystem services, cilmate change adaptation, forest management, silviculture A/Professor Martin Tomko spatial communication, retail analytics, cyber-physical-social systems, spatial recommender systems, annotation, search and retrieval, and ranking of spatially related data, eResearch infrastructure in the spatial domain, mobility analytics Philipp Robeck data science, urban ecology, biodiversity conservation, invasive species Natalie Mason Ecology James Nolan Zoology, biological & biomolecular science Tung Hsien Chi AI, sustainable supply chain, ecosystem management Dr Melissa Carew Entomology, molecular Ecology, Freshwater Ecology, Chironomidae, biological sciences, science & technology, ecology Lakshmi Bala bioengineering Tamar Orly Fungi Professor Brendan Wintle Environmental sciences, science & technology, life sciences & biomedicine, environmental sciences & ecology, ecology, climate change impacts and adaptation, life on land, biodiversity conservation, biodiversity & conservation Dr Jodie Valpied Environmental psychology, Biodiversity & ecology, Personality psychology, Individual differences within species, Openness to experience, Introversion, Platypus conservation, Connectedness to nature, Healthy waterways & catchments Dr Janelle Evans performance art, Australian contemporary art, translation, first nations-first, education, social sciences, history, heritage and archaeology Dr Jeffrey Noro policy development, community-based conservation, and scientific research Putri Shafira Agriculture Hongyi Liu Horticulture Natasha Cadenhead Conservation, applied ecology
About the cluster
The Business and Biodiversity cluster explores the ways in which the business sector can provide leadership in the nature positive transition. Academics in this cluster explore the tools required for business to measure, monitor and transform their impact on biodiversity, as well as ways to build capability within the sector to lead.
The areas of focus of the cluster include but are not limited to:
- Materiality and disclosures
- Exposure to physical risk and loss of ecosystem services
- Global regulation, networks and initiatives
- Business Decision making systems and ESG
- Invasive vectors and global movement of trade
- Leadership and innovation
- Supply chains and accountability
- Spatial data and impacts
- Financing nature
Research projects
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Supporting Bank Australia customers for nature and climate
This MBI-led project with Bank Australia created a benchmarking survey and change model to understand customers’ openness to nature-positive action and what the roles banks can play in leading positive change.
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Evaluating nature-risk investment decision tools with Franklin Templeton
Reliable biodiversity assessment tools are critical for managing nature‑related risks, yet the MBI’s review found major inconsistencies, underscoring the need for standardised methods.
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Biodiversity footprint as living lab with UoM Sustainability team
MBI developed two open-source, reproducible R workflows that help the university complete initial assessments of their nature-related dependencies and their impacts on nature.
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ICMM upstream value chain analysis
Bringing industry, consultants and researchers together to deliver practical, evidence‑based insights for ICMM members on upstream nature impacts and how to reduce them.
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The Nature of Corporate Leadership: Addressing the Value-Action Gap
This research project investigates the disconnect between executives' personal valuing and appreciation for nature and their professional decision-making.
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Understanding how Australia's largest companies disclose nature risk
Assessing how Australia's 200 largest publicly-listed companies (the ASX200) currently report their impacts, dependencies, and risks on nature to the public and shareholders.