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 invites Foundation Partners and Allies to The World Green & Sustainability Summit 2026 In the Foundation’s recent Energy Transition Roundtable, Tan Sri Dr Michael 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
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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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A personal note about hopes and deeds to strengthen global governance and action on climate change and nature preservation 29 September 2025 Steve Howard | Secretary General of the Global Foundation There was much global interest this past week about the goings-on at the UN General Assembly where, for one reason or another, world leaders
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The Foundation’s Secretary General, Mr Steve Howard, participated in a thought-provoking meeting on new Ethical Multilateralism, held by Professor Jeffrey Sachs on July 3-4 at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS), Casina Pio IV in Vatican City. The multi-day meeting considered the many crises facing multilateralism, UN system and the future of the role
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The Paris Roundtable 2 July, 2025 About the Roundtable Just over one year since its launch at the Rome Roundtable, the Foundation’s Global Project, ‘Shaping Global Governance, Climate and Nature’ returned to Europe in July. Hosted by Foundation Key Partner, TotalEnergies, the Paris Roundtable brought together a cross-section of business, governments, institutions and civil society to discuss
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Brazil emerges as the Amazon calls us 5 June 2025 It was more than a great pleasure to return to Brazil last week, 13 years since I first visited to host a renewable energy meeting in Rio de Janeiro involving Australian Prime Minister, Hon. Julia Gillard. This powerhouse Latin American nation has fully emerged on
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Every February, the Global Foundation convenes a ‘State of the World’ Roundtable, 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, fair, inclusive and prosperous. Part Two continued the momentum from Part One, focusing on
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