S4E11- From Low Carbon to Nature Positive: Rethinking Infrastructure w/ Monica Richter
What will it take to accelerate demand for low-carbon technologies and create infrastructure that works with nature, rather than against it?
In this episode of Infrastructure Connections, we speak with Monica Richter, Senior Manager of Low Carbon Futures at WWF-Australia and Project Director of the Materials & Embodied Carbon Leaders Alliance (MECLA).
Monica explores the intersection of decarbonisation, nature-positive development and the built environment, sharing insights into low-carbon materials, sustainable procurement, supply-chain collaboration and the need to understand the embodied nature impacts of the materials we use.
We also discuss WWF-Australia's work on nature-positive investment and housing and infrastructure development, and what Australia can learn from global markets moving rapidly towards cleaner and more sustainable technologies.
From government policy to industry collaboration, Monica explains how infrastructure professionals can help create demand for better solutions - and why persistence, education and asking the right questions can be powerful drivers of change.
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27 Aug 2026
S4E10 - Sustainability is Good Engineering w/ Evelyn Storey
How can sustainability become simply part of good engineering? In this episode of Infrastructure Connections, Evelyn Storey, Director of Eminence and Sustainability at Aurecon, reflects on more than 35 years in engineering and how sustainability has evolved from a specialist discipline into an essential part of project delivery.
Evelyn explores why sustainability needs to be embedded across engineering practice, the growing focus on resilience and climate adaptation, and how engineers can make better long-term decisions about materials, asset life and infrastructure performance. She also shares her perspective on extending existing assets, the rise of mass timber, and the role of continuous learning in a rapidly changing industry.
Her central message is simple: sustainability is good engineering.
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13 Aug 2026
S4E9 - Building Australia's Net Zero Future: Infrastructure and the Energy Transition w/ Matt Kean
In this episode of Infrastructure Connections, we speak with the Hon. Matt Kean, Chair of the Australian Climate Change Authority and former NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister, about Australia's path to net zero and the critical role infrastructure will play in shaping our future.
Matt explores Australia's progress in renewable energy, the impact of NSW's Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, and how Renewable Energy Zones are driving investment, jobs and regional economic growth. He also discusses the growing importance of building climate resilience into infrastructure and why acting now can be far more cost-effective than responding to climate impacts later.
Moving beyond the politics of climate change, Matt makes the case for treating climate action as an economic and risk-management challenge—one that presents opportunities for productivity, competitiveness, investment and long-term value creation.
The conversation also explores what governments and industry need to do to turn climate ambition into practical action, and the role organisations like the Infrastructure Sustainability Council can play in accelerating this transition.
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