Alex Gold Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

I lead the North America office of BWD Strategic out of our New York location. BWD Strategic has over 30 years of experience in corporate sustainability strategy and reporting, with specialties in materiality assessment, integrated reporting, sustainability governance, value creation models, and several other niches (full service listing at bwdstrategic.com). BWD North America is a LGBTQ+ owned and operated small business.We combine leading practice sustainability strategy with award-winning graphic design to help businesses understand and articulate how sustainability impacts value creation. We are across every sustainability reporting framework and investor ESG rating, and have a proven track record of ensuring companies meet stakeholder expectations.➤ WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT: Sustainability/ESG strategy and reporting is all we do. We focus all of our energy on ensuring we remain at the forefront of this rapidly developing space, and bring this intelligence to our clients - ensuring they establish themselves as sustainability leaders. We’ve found that there’s been a true acceptance in the last 5 to 10 years that sustainability is not just a “corporate social responsibility” issue anymore. It’s now seen as a core business concern by investors, customers, and others because of its importance to financial performance. That’s why we’re passionate about working together with companies to provide end-to-end materiality, governance, and reporting services that help you identify areas for improvement and align your disclosure with stakeholder expectations.✔ Learn More: https://bwdstrategic.com/

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Responsible for leading Dexus's integrated reporting, sustainability reporting, climate change disclosures (TCFD), and ESG investor engagement. Led improvements to Dexus's ESG disclosures and submissions to investor ESG benchmarks that helped the company achieve globally-leading positions on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), and CDP Climate Change surveys. Led the climate scenario analysis work that expanded the business's understanding of climate risk and enhanced its alignment with the TCFD recommendations (as published in Dexus's Towards Climate Resilience report).Dexus's 2019 Annual Report was a finalist for Integrated Report of the Year, and Dexus's 2019 sustainability reporting won a Silver Award, in the 2020 Australasian Reporting Awards.Dexus's 2019 Annual Report was rated the top integrated report in the ASX50 according to the 2021 Global ESG Monitor.Participated in several internal committees and working groups focused on effectively disseminating responsibility for sustainability across the business.Served as a management representative at all Dexus Board ESG Committee meetings.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Parramatta, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Executive Officer responsible for research, consultation, and reporting on three council merger proposals, ensuring consistency with the requirements of the Local Government Act 1993.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Professional research and consulting services for environmental issues, specialising in climate change adaptation, natural resource management, and land-use planning.

Collaborated with Catchment Management Authorities of New South Wales to apply resilience theory and adaptive management to climate change adaptation. Governance-related constraints to CMAs' application of resilience theory and adaptive management were also investigated. Other research topics included assessing project delivery, monitoring, and evaluation in order to promote the value of organisational learning and knowledge management.Skills developed include:-- climate change adaptation/vulnerability assessment-- building conceptual models of ecosystem function-- building resilience state-and-transition diagrams-- scenario planning-- auditing NRM projects as to knowledge used and MERI (monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and improvement) activities

Assisted with participatory rural appraisal investigating agroforestry in rural NSW. Used GIS to develop scenarios for agroforestry development under a variety of conditions.

Phd, Environmental Policy And Management

Mphil, Biological Science

B.A. (Honors), Biology

Graduate Diploma, Environmental Law

Level 2 Award In Wines And Spirits

Level 3 Award In Wines