Anne-Maree McInerney (formerly Huxley) is a modern-day alchemist drawing on a diverse background in business, marketing & PR, media, international events, sustainability and the NFP sector to inspire a new generation of leaders and change agents.
Anne-Maree inspires change and gives hope, seeding innovation and systems change – transforming our world by addressing some of the greatest economic, environmental and social challenges of our time.
Anne-Maree is one of the few external consultants in Australia that we trust to present our LOHAS research in open forums. She is a knowledgeable and engaging speaker who can cut through with clear messages that are relevant to business audiences.Nick Bez Research Director, Mobium Group, VIC
She helps individuals and organisations get the clarity, confidence and the courage to tackle the challenges, build resilience and THRIVE.’
Anne-Maree has been recognised for three years running as one of the Top 100 Global SustainAbility Leaders by ABC Carbon in Singapore, is one of Al Gore’s Climate Leaders, one of less than 50 certified Blue Economy experts worldwide and in 2016 received a Pride of Australia Environmental Medal for services to the Environment. She’s also been inducted into the Hall of Fame for Services to the Sponsorship Industry by Sponsorship Australasia.
In 2005, she hosted Australia’s inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Summit, the first event of its kind in the Asia Pacific Region that gave individuals, business, government and community organisations insight into a new, more efficient and effective way of operating; and a roadmap to a more sustainable future.
I have known Anne-Maree for many years and can attest to her deep knowledge of how concepts of sustainability can be put into practice for the benefit of public and private enterprises. Anne-Maree is a passionate, articulate and compelling speaker.Andrew Beatty, Partner, Baker and McKenzie, Sydney
Anne-Maree subsequently founded and is CEO of Models of Success and Sustainability (affectionately known as MOSS) – an Australian based industry body for Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability that provides education, training, networking, tools and advice to drive sustainability and competitive business success.
She was also a founding Director of the Carbon Trade Exchange – the world’s first end to end electronic platform for trading voluntary and regulated carbon credits; and Co-developer of the Global Principles of “How to Communicate Sustainability”.
In the last 10 years, Anne-Maree has developed and delivered over 100 programs, spoken at some 200+ events around the world to more than 30,000 representatives of business, government and community organisations. Her work has ultimately touched many lives – and made a difference to thousands of individuals and added millions to the bottom line of many organisations.
Anne-Maree shares the latest trends and innovation that are both disrupting and transforming our world enabling: zero waste; enhanced food security and water efficiency; energy independence; stakeholder engagement; artificial intelligence, traceability and transparency in supply chains; and sustainable productivity and growth. She also shares stories of vulnerability and how through connection with animals and nature, that we can transform lives.
Whether you are pressured to create value through innovation, or seek to revitalize the economy in your region in a truly sustainable manner, Anne-Maree is definitely the person to go-to. I highly recommend her as a mentor, coach, speaker or consultant. They don’t come much better.Numa ROCH, Managing Director ARNO COACHING, Paris (France)
She also delivers new innovative training programs around the Blue and Circular Economy – innovation that’s expected to deliver 100 million new jobs in 10 years. This training along with tools and advocacy can assist business, government and community work collaboratively to achieve zero waste and carbon neutrality – as well community “sustainable development goals”.
Anne-Maree is a very powerful speaker, futurist, strategist and facilitator that helps guide and inspire a more sustainable way of life.
She has hosted numerous business delegations to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and represented Australia at various international sustainability forums. She has also developed, facilitated and led many national programs such as Innovating for Green Growth and the International Green Awards Asia Pacific Sustainability Summits.
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Anne-Maree speaks about:
Megatrends and innovation – the trends changing our world.
How to awaken the giant within.
Purpose, passion and prosperity.
The biggest opportunity since the beginning of money – the Blue and Circular Economy.
New business models for a changing world.
How to be a sustainability trailblazer.
Systems of transformation with zero waste set to create 100m new jobs in 10 years.
How to master the art of communicating sustainability.
Sustainability as a business driver.
How to successfully transition to a low carbon world and prosper.
How one person really can make a difference in the world.
The importance of animals and nature to enable individuals and society to THRIVE.
Anne-Maree’s passion for sustainability resonates through her powerful and meaningful stories of change and transformation. She creatively shows us that sustainability is not just an aspiration, it’s a practical reality that is sweeping our businesses, communities and governance systems – providing significant financial, environmental and social returns.
Some of the specific topics addressed from these overarching themes include:
The Blue (and Circular) Economy. The Biggest Opportunity Since the Beginning of Money!
Anne-Maree is an excellent facilitator (I have attended many of her workshops over the years) and the Blue Economy is exactly what I needed to learn as a Sustainability Manager with a desire to make real changes to ‘Business as Usual’ thinking. It has inspired me to work with more like minded organisations to solve collective industry problems.Pam Merlo, National Sustainability Manager, Ricoh Australia
The World Economic Forum estimates that 80% of the US$3.2 trillion value of the global consumer goods sector is lost irrecoverably each year due to the current inefficient linear “make, take waste” model. This presentation introduces business, government and or community organisations to the Blue and Circular Economies to help unlock business value and community assets, mobilise creativity and innovation and unleash the entrepreneur within.
Audiences are invited to imagine an economy in which today’s goods are tomorrow’s resources forming a virtuous cycle that fosters prosperity in a world of finite resources. It showcases zero waste solutions, new jobs and industries and provides a blueprint for sustainable development.
Blue is the New Green. The Benchmark for Urban Ecology Just Got More Interesting.
Discover insights and innovation from the Blue Economy that is setting the benchmark for urban ecology and sustainable development. The Blue Economy is set to generate 100m new jobs in the next 10 years – with solutions all inspired by nature with zero waste. Discover how we can unleash creativity and entrepreneurship in our cities, improve our buildings and infrastructure, our manufacturing, food security and our wellbeing, by thinking in systems and guided by the rules that govern nature!
Systems of Transformation Set to Create 100m New Jobs in the Next 10 Years.
The Blue Economy is riding the sixth wave of innovation and providing the greatest ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT and WEALTH CREATION opportunity of our time – ENABLING IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH for virtually every part of the Economy.
In this keynote or workshop, discover how, through a systemic approach, standing on the shoulders of the Green Economy, the Blue Economy can provide you with the principles, methodologies, business models and technologies to deliver win:win solutions to a changing economic landscape in which resource depletion and social costs are untenable and unsustainable.
It’s 100+ game changing innovations (led by physics and inspired by nature) ALL WITH ZERO WASTE, are set to generate 100 million new jobs in the next 10 years. Can you afford not to know about it?
How to Master the Art of Communicating Sustainability.
Poor communication (not the science) has been the biggest barrier the world over to the uptake of sustainability policy and practice – until now. In this key-note or workshop, discover the new best practice global principles for communicating sustainability (along with a plethora of best practice examples) and the 4-step process to develop a sustainability narrative, to enable you to set effective strategy, engage your stakeholders and deliver a new more powerful message.
Stories Drive Change.
Discover the secrets of storytelling that landed Obama in the white house and how he uses Hollywood storytelling with political discipline to cut through the clutter. In this key-note or workshop, Anne-Maree share’s what works, what doesn’t and how to engage employees, investors or consumers in your programs.
What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Corporate Sustainability and How Can I Get the Best Return on Investment?
With many markets across the Asia Pacific region starting to get policy around CSR and corporate sustainability, this presentation (key note or workshop) is ideal for organisations who want to establish a business case, development a road map and or enhance their existing strategy. It shines a spotlight on best practice and helps organisations realise CSR as a strategic performance issue through a simple 7 step process.
New Business Models for a Changing World
Most sustainability talks focus on the doom and despair associated with climate change. In this presentation, Anne-Maree shares recent trends and innovation that’s providing hope that we can meet the global challenges, especially in our cities. Decoupling fossil fuels from wealth and livability can now be seen with peak fossil fuel investment, peak power consumption, peak car use and peak oil.
Leadership: What Will You be Remembered For? Sustainability is the New Legacy for CEOs
Saving money can only get you so cranked up. But layer on top of that a big and audacious purpose of reinventing commerce so that the world can be as we wish it to be for our kids and grandkids – infuse that with basic education around eco-literacy and how nature works, and we start finding additional savings that exceeded all of our expectations.
The time is now and the opportunity exists for CEOs to tie sustainability into their company and their personal legacy. It’s time to recognize the beginning of the end of the high carbon era and the birth of a new kind of economy: An economy in which the new businesses of the future, and the forward-thinking ones from the past, will come together to create a new industrial landscape, a new prosperity and a better future for us all.
The Heat Is On: The Risks and Opportunities of Climate Change.
When it comes to climate change, no one can do everything, but everyone can do something. If you want the climate facts and economic impacts – I’ll give you that, but more importantly I’ll will give you dozens of compelling often simple solutions you can apply to your home, business, school and or community and showcase what others are doing around the world to save money and reduce their environmental impact and risk.
I’ll show despite the lack of policy in Australia, that there is a renewable energy and low carbon technology boom happening across the globe. Climate finance is acting as a catalyst for trillions of dollars of low-carbon investment. In the next 25 years, cities across the globe will spend some $40 trillion on green technologies such as renewable energy generation, smart grids, new water, waste and transport systems. You can either adapt with new low carbon innovation – or be left behind.
As Pope Francis recently outlined in his Encyclical, it’s time to take an honest look at ourselves, to acknowledge our challenges, rise above ourselves and to embark on new paths to an authentic freedom. To realize everything is connected, and that it’s time to value each other and the earth – seeking new ways of understanding the economy and progress.
From Anxiety to Action on Climate Change
When it comes to consumer engagement, we often ask ourselves, how do we get people to care more? How do we motivate people? Anne-Maree explores a deeper potential into inviting, enabling, facilitating and supporting those that we want to act. Discover how a permission to care, can move individuals from anxiety to action.
Today
If today is a typical day on planet Earth… The human population will increase by a little over 208, 000 (about 360,000 will be born and approx. 152,000 will die). The rich will get richer – and the poor will get poorer. Waste will continue to mound and natural resources dwindle. We will lose around 75,000 acres of rainforest (all in the name of development) and another 70,000 sq kilometres to encroaching deserts, as a result of human mismanagement and overpopulation. We will also add 2,700 tons of chlorofluorocarbons to the atmosphere and 15 million tons of carbon – so tonight the Earth will be a little hotter and drier, its waters more acidic, and the fabric of life more threadbare.
What does this mean to you? What are your big hairy audacious goals to address these issues. We live in exciting times with disruptive innovation, education and technology changing how we live, manage resources – even give back to those less fortunate.
Is today the first day of the rest of your life? A life where you can achieve anything you set your mind to? Be inspired and discover how to achieve what seems impossible in this one day workshop or key note address.
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