Building Regional Prosperity

UNE Business School and the Community Mutual Group invite you to attend in person or Watch live via ustream.

“Banking on the Future: How to Make Sustainability Profitable”

Rowan Dowland, General Manager, Development bankmecu

Tuesday 21 August 2-3pm

John Dillon Lecture Theatre (LT4), W42

UNE Business School

All Welcome

RSVP: Will Winter, wwinter@communitymutual.com.au

In 2010 Ethical Investor recognised bankmecu as Australia’s most sustainable small company. With assets approaching $3 billion and significant business growth through collaboration with like-minded individuals and organisations, bankmecu has proven the business case for being a successful co-operative enterprise and conducting its business of banking in a sustainable and responsible way. Rowan Dowland has greatly influenced bankmecu’s approach to responsible banking and works to align the way the bank conducts its business with the expectations of its customers located throughout Australia. bankmecu has achieved strong recognition both here in Australia and internationally for its approach to sustainable development and responsible business practice. It is regarded as a leader in Sustainability Reporting, product innovation and responsible investment. As the General Manager Development, Rowan Dowland is accustomed to the challenges of bringing about organisational change, and building staff and stakeholder support for sustainability goals which makes excellent economic and environmental sense.

About the Building Regional Prosperity Forum Series:

In May 2012 the Community Mutual Group in conjunction with the UNE Business School hosted the first ‘Building Regional Prosperity Forum’ examining co-operative business models. In the International Year of the Co-operatives, this Forum creates another important opportunity to have a ‘conversation’ about the power of collaboration to transform regional economies. The UNE Business School and the Community Mutual Group are delighted to invite you to attend this inspiring presentation focusing on sustainability as a driver of economic advantage.

Parking: There is a car park adjacent to W42. LT4 is located in the southern end of the Business Economics and Law Building on Trevenna Road. If you turn into The Short Run ( St Marks Chapel on the corner) there is ample parking in the carpark on your right. Please note: that UNE has paid parking and you will need to obtain a parking ticket from the parking metre on Elm Drive.

Ustreaming: If you are not able to attend in person, and yet would like to be part of the forum you will be able to view the forum live through ustream at this address . If you have a twitter account you can send through your comments or questions on @communitymutual.