Update, November 2026 Our Global Alliance is ‘Shaping Global Governance, Climate and Nature’ Steve HowardSecretary General, the Global Foundation Read this update as a PDF or read on… 1 Annual General Meeting: Save the Date! 4:45pm – 6:30pm AEDT, Monday 7 December, Melbourne, in-person and online Including presentations on key issues Ms Louise WatsonChair of
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Update, September 2026 ‘Shaping Global Governance, Climate and Nature’Our global alliance further mobilises, under the guidance of our leadership group Mr Steve HowardSecretary General, The Global Foundation Over recent months, thanks to the ongoing guidance of our leadership group, there has been some good progress on the key issues being addressed through responsible business leadership
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Our global impact continues to grow Advancing the work of the Foundation in London, Paris and in Rome with our recent roadshow Mr Steve HowardSecretary General, The Global Foundation On behalf of the Foundation, Board member Dr Mark Cutifani CBE and I recently conducted a working ‘roadshow’ in London, Paris and in Rome, engaging with
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Update from Secretary General, Steve Howard We are stepping up, not stepping back, on global cooperation Recent events have shown just how much the world today requires more, not less, cooperation on many fronts. Think of those matters, physical and digital, that are impacting on humanity, within and far beyond the constraints of borders. The
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‘The Energy Transition – Globally, in Australia and in Asia’ ‘Together, we have agency’ The Global Foundation convened its most recent Energy Transition Roundtable on 21 April 2026, bringing together a group of leaders from business, civil society, government and international institutions across Australia, Asia and globally. The roundtable was kindly hosted by Foundation Partner,
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The Global Foundation’s dinner with Dr Mark Cutifani CBE, Sydney, 4 May The Chair and Board of the Global Foundation hosted a special dinner in Sydney on Monday 4 May for Australian mining legend, Dr Mark Cutifani CBE, who has recently joined the Foundation’s Board. The dinner featured prominent Australian figures from business and civil
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KSI’s Fourth Annual World Green & Sustainability Summit In the Foundation’s recent Energy Transition Roundtable, Tan Sri Dr Michael O.K Yeoh, Vice Chair of the United Nations ESCAP Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) Executive Council and President, KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific, invited the Global Foundation’s Partners and Allies to KSI‘s fourth edition of their
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The Global Foundation congratulates Key Partner, TotalEnergies on the release of its ‘Sustainability and Climate 2026 Progress Report’ This is a landmark document, in that it not only re-confirms the strategy that differentiates TotalEnergies from its peers, it also serves to help re-define the whole, wider conversation about the global energy transition, at a time
‘State of the World’ Roundtable 2026 Together, we have agency On Wednesday, 4 February 2026, the Global Foundation convened its ‘State of the World’ Roundtable for the sixth consecutive year, bringing together a carefully selected group of distinguished global citizens to discuss some of the world’s most substantial issues and help shape pathways towards ‘cooperative globalisation’ that is transformative,
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In the wake of the Bondi massacre and in conjunction with the call by Pope Leo for the World Day of Peace on 1 January, the Vatican News global website published a reflective article by Sister Adele Howard rsm OAM, prominent Australian theologian and member of the Global Foundation. Read the article here. In
On 17 December 2025, Ian Fraser (Chair) and Jim Giannopoulos (CEO) of Partner firm, GHD, kindly joined the Foundation in hosting the Governor of Australia’s central bank, Michele Bullock, adjacent to our Annual General Meeting in Sydney. The lunch enabled an informal engagement with the Governor about the economic outlook, challenges and opportunities for Australia
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On 17 December, the Global Foundation conducted its Annual General Meeting in a hybrid format, at GHD’s offices in Sydney and online. It is with great pleasure that we present the 2025 Annual Report of the Global Foundation. Please find the report linked below. The report includes:
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Update from the Global Foundation, November 2025 Our Global Alliance for the ‘Polycene’ era, a different kind of interconnected world Tom Friedman, columnist with the New York Times, is one of the most significant commentators alive today. I recommend Tom’s recent feature piece in which he defines the era in which we are now living,
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‘Mining – not a conversation for polite society’ An address to the LME Downunder, Melbourne, 5 November Dr Mark Cutifani CBE Opening Remarks: the perception of mining in society To open my conversation, I wanted to share three somewhat random personal moments that tell a story of perceptions and how people tend to see mining:
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State of Play: Our Global Alliance in Action A major outcome from the Foundation’s recent global roundtable meeting held at Carajás in the Amazon was the mobilisation of a more dynamic Global Alliance, a concerted and enduring effort by our global network to help generate positive outcomes for the planet. As a next step, the Foundation coordinated an
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