Our Partners & Sponsors
The Banksia Foundation is the only independent organisation acknowledging environmental sustainability excellence in Australia.
The team at Banksia works hard to support our entrants and finalists, celebrate our winners, and deliver professional industry programs and events throughout the year. We are all in this together and could not achieve these merits without our networks’ trust and support.
We build solid relationships and actively promote and endorse our award supporters and foundation sponsors through mutually beneficial programs
CATEGORY PARTNERS
AUSTRALIA POST
Australia Post has been delivering for Australia more than 200 years. We have been the backbone of communities across the country and have seen the world evolve significantly during that time.
As one of Australia’s biggest and most trusted businesses, we believe we have a responsibility and an opportunity to create a more sustainable future that benefits all Australians.
Therefore today, sustainability is a key pillar of Australia Post’s enterprise strategy, underpinning everything we do for the planet, people and prosperity. From delivering more focused and strategic community partnerships to building Australia’s largest electric delivery fleet, we embrace our power to make a difference.
The 2025 Sustainability Roadmap outlines what we will do to deliver on a future that sees us meet the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
Achieving our 2025 target, which has been validated by the Science Based Target Initiative, will put Australia Post on the road to Net Zero emissions by 2050.
Bupa
As a global healthcare company, we’ve been looking after people’s health for over 75 years.
Our commitment to sustainability starts with our purpose: “Helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world”.
Our approach to sustainability is focused on the clear connection between human health and the health of the planet.
Building a healthier future for people and planet.
MELBOURNE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE (MCEC)
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) is the home of unconventional. At MCEC we do things a little differently. We bring fresh ideas and imagination to every event. We happily turn concepts on their head to make each experience momentous.
MCEC welcomes events of all shapes and sizes, from meetings and conferences to exhibitions, concerts and galas, whether in-person, virtual or hybrid.
They are always working to find innovative ideas that provide better outcomes for our community, customers and their environmental footprint. We continue to deliver creative solutions for our customers and collaborate with industry partners to ensure MCEC is a truly sustainable event destination.
MCEC has collaborated with the Banksia Foundation since 2022 to promote a more sustainable future, hosting the National Sustainability Awards and sponsoring the Net Zero Leadership Award for the last two years in a row.
TOURISM AUSTRALIA
Tourism Australia has partnered with the Banksia Foundation to support the inaugural Sustainable Tourism Award. As the tourism industry emerges in recovery and rebuild mode from the pandemic, this award will recognise and reward outstanding achievements in championing the protection, conservation, and regeneration of the diverse natural environments that make Australia so appealing to travellers. Protecting the natural environment across Australia whilst securing, nurturing, and supporting the economic and physical wellbeing of community and culture, both Indigenous and local. In short, the award recognises those tourism businesses that are nurturing and protecting the very things our visitors within and to Australia travel for.
MCI
MCI is a global engagement and marketing agency. Firm believers in the power of building community since 1987, we are helping brands, associations and not-for-profit organisations solve their key challenges through our expertise in:
• Live & virtual events
• Strategic & digital communications
• Consulting & Community solutions
MCI believe sustainable events can be positive forces for change and by embedding sustainable thinking we can improve efficiency, quality, the participants’ experience and accelerate innovation. Our holistic approach to event design reduces costs, improves environmental impacts, builds stronger brand reputation, and leaves a powerful social legacy in the community.
We set standards for integrating diversity and inclusion, nurturing a culture of wellbeing and care. We are committed to building an environment where everybody belongs.
INFORMED 365
Since its inception, Informed 365 has been a driver of collaboration and innovation in the ESG, Ethical Sourcing and Modern Slavery spaces, with a primary focus on the empowerment of organisations to make better, more informed decisions around their supply chains.
For Informed 365, this highlighted the need to provide an agile tech solution that draws on third-party data sources as well as works with the workforce, NGOs, governments, industry bodies, academia, and ethical sourcing experts to deliver a “single-source-of-truth” platform.














