Adrian is a passionate business sustainability professional, with more than 22 years of activity in the field. Through his business, the Sustainability Compass, and as a Partner for Corporate Sustainability in Fifth Eagle, both next generation advisory companies, he is focused on guiding organisations towards future proofing their business and maximising the return on their sustainability spend. Prior to this, Adrian worked in energy, operations and technical leadership roles in the heavy industry in Australia and Eastern Europe.

Adrian has a PhD on the topic of corporate sustainability, an MBA from the University of Queensland’s Business School and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Most recently, he completed business sustainability programs with the business schools of Cambridge, Oxford, Yale and MIT, on topics such as sustainability strategies, circular economy, leading sustainable corporations

and sustainable finance. He is also a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Certified Professional.

Over the years, he applied this knowledge in the industry for practical outcomes such as: publishing sustainability reports, helping release lower carbon footprint products, developing energy efficiency strategies, enhancing circularity, significantly reducing emissions and fossil fuel consumption, creating and implementing environmental performance improvement plans and so on.

Connect with Adrian

Mail: adrian@sustainabilitycompass.com.au 

Web: www.sustainabilitycompass.com.au https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianvaida/