IDEEA Group has a long standing relationship with the Capitals Coalition and actively supports its work to bring natural, social and human capital considerations into the standard practice of decision making across all sectors. IDEEA Group is a member of [...]
Insights from accounting and financial markets The term natural capital accounting has become a hot topic in recent years, and we are very excited to see it being rolled out in many different circumstances, countries and sectors. Here, we step [...]
In 2012, the United Nations Statistical Commission, the annual meeting of the world’s official statisticians (including the Australian Bureau of Statistics), kicked a superb goal by elevating the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) Central Framework to the status of an [...]
The ‘Blue Economy’ is an emerging concept which encourages better stewardship of our ocean resources. As defined by the World Bank, the blue economy is the "sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while preserving [...]
In his 2015 encyclical, the Laudato Si, Pope John Francis expressed the need to care for our common home. This was a big step for the ecological community, whether catholic or not, as one of the world’s leaders had recognised [...]
There is little we are talking about other than COVID-19. The virus itself, and the social and economic response, provide a continuous stream of intrigue and there is the reality that the vast majority of the world’s population is in [...]
The OECD have called for advancements to be made in environmental monitoring and evaluation in Australia. In the third Environmental Performance Review of Australia, the OECD provides 50 recommendations to help Australia better manage its environment. The recommendations relate to climate change, [...]
Numerous efforts and initiatives to advance and develop natural capital thinking have emerged over the past 10 years. The approaches vary across disciplines and the private and public sectors resulting in a cluttered and confusing landscape. Are they competing, are they [...]
IDEEA Group will be presenting at the 6th UNWTO International Conference on Tourism Statistics in Manila during June 2017. Under the broad conference theme of Measuring Sustainable Tourism, our focus will be on SEEA aligned frameworks for integrating destination based measures [...]
