At Net Balance Management Group we believe that the future of business is intrinsically linked to community expectations and environmental outcomes. Now, perhaps more than ever before, businesses are finding that their place in the community involves neutralising their footprints and leaving a positive social legacy. We also believe that businesses that do not account for social and environmental risks and value in their balance sheets will face risk management issues and contribute to the loss of competitive advantage over the longer term.

Net Balance Management Group Pty Ltd was formed by experienced practitioners of sustainable management for corporations both in the private and public sectors to serve a niche market for advisory and assurance services in corporate sustainability. Our approach to sustainability is simple – define issues, identify risks and opportunities and appropriate manage them as you would manage any other risk or opportunity within the business. Net Balance Management Group shares its resources with the Net Balance Foundation Limited, a not-for-profit think-tank specifically set up to work with small to medium enterprises, research groups, academia and other not-for-profit groups in the pursuit of sustainable business.

Our business model was developed by its staff with a combined experience of over 25 years in corporate sustainability and natural resources management specifically in the fields of sustainability management, reporting and assurance, pioneering some of Australia’s first sustainability reporting and corporate sustainability strategy development work, which is recognised world wide.

For example, the directors:

  • Authored A Framework for Public Environmental Reporting: An Australian Approach released in 1998 by Senator Hill for use by Australian companies;

  • Benchmarked corporate environmental and sustainability reporting of Australian and New Zealand companies in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and again in 2006.

  • Provided independent assurance to environmental and sustainability reports since 1997 – making the work some of the earliest pieces of independent assurance undertaken in Australia/New Zealand.

  • Arguably undertook the largest number of independent assurance engagements of environmental and sustainability reports globally (~over 60) over the past decade.

  • Judged the Banksia corporate sustainability award, Prime Minister’s sustainability award, ACCA Sustainability Reporting Award and several other related awards.

  • Worked with over 100 private and public sector organisations throughout Australia on sustainability issues over the past decade.