Our integrated Community and Stakeholder Consultation service supports our clients to achieve their community and stakeholder engagement goals.
- We offer vast and practical experience in engaging a whole range of community sectors for a wide range of industry and business sector projects. Footprint Energy is focused on engagement, community building and strengthening.
Our community consultation and engagement approach involves sharing information and listening to feedback from the community, on range of environmental, social and cultural projects.
Footprint Energy follows an integrated Customer Engagement and Social Research Process including:
- Client Requirements discussed and defined. Clear goals and defining what success looks like.
- Investigation and analysis of Current Situation. Audience analysis. Understanding the right audience!
- Survey and Interview strategy formulated and detailed questions defined and documented
- Survey and Interviews carried out. Choosing the best platform and tools and team structure with right resources and people needed to execute strategy effectively while having engagement and community building and strengthening.
- Initial Qualitative and Quantitative (Statistical) analysis performed.
- Additional surveys and interviews conducted as appropriate.
- Final Qualitative and Quantitative Report drafted (including Risks/Issues and recommended actions).
- Client review of draft Final Report.
- Final Report prepared and submitted.
Community Engagement Programs
Balanced Energy Mix Programs
Footprint's community and stakeholder engagement programs focuses on an industry which is aiming to tackle CO2 emission reduction. Footprint have an understanding of issues being raised by the public on a range of issues relating to the energy mix, including renewable energy and nuclear energies.
Our staff have a clear understanding of community issues and sensitivities across various jurisdictions in Australia, including in particular, NSW and QLD. We are aware of the discussions around achieving a balanced energy mix and consumer needs for reduced cost of electricity associated with different energy types.
These community and stakeholder engagement program approach involves:
We offer vast and practical experience in engaging a whole range of community sectors for a wide range of industry and business sector projects.
Footprint appreciates that planning for the energy future of our regions needs to be partly based on learning from mistakes from past consultation programs or campaigns by industry and government about new projects. We do understand from our experience, that early engagement of the community is a key component of successful engagement with and support of the community. We believe that collaboration with key members of a community assists with this future planning and connection with the community to achieve good outcomes for any consultation programs being delivered.
Footprint's community and stakeholder engagement programs focuses on an industry which is aiming to tackle CO2 emission reduction. Footprint have an understanding of issues being raised by the public on a range of issues relating to the energy mix, including renewable energy and nuclear energies.
Our staff have a clear understanding of community issues and sensitivities across various jurisdictions in Australia, including in particular, NSW and QLD. We are aware of the discussions around achieving a balanced energy mix and consumer needs for reduced cost of electricity associated with different energy types.
These community and stakeholder engagement program approach involves:
- identifying the current issues facing the community
- sharing information and listening to feedback from the community, on range of environmental, social and cultural topics
- communicating why protection of the environment and biodiversity is important, in an area of proposed development
We offer vast and practical experience in engaging a whole range of community sectors for a wide range of industry and business sector projects.
Footprint appreciates that planning for the energy future of our regions needs to be partly based on learning from mistakes from past consultation programs or campaigns by industry and government about new projects. We do understand from our experience, that early engagement of the community is a key component of successful engagement with and support of the community. We believe that collaboration with key members of a community assists with this future planning and connection with the community to achieve good outcomes for any consultation programs being delivered.
About our Community Engagement staff...
Footprint's Director, Joanne Sedman, has worked directly with renewable energy companies across eastern Australia, within compliance and education roles.
Footprint's Education and Engagement Manager, Patricia Morris, and Complex Systems expert, John Lee, have recently (2024) achieved on-the-ground familiarisation with major renewable energy projects within Queensland, from Ravenshoe (Far North Queensland) to Collinsville, Eungella, Pioneer-Burdekin (Central Queensland), and to Gladstone and Borumba (South-East Queensland). This has in turn enhanced our understanding of community concerns and support relating to potential impacts on social , cultural/indigenous, and environmental aspects from proposed renewable energy projects.
Patricia is also an Educator with over 30 years experience in teaching in schools and community across Australia. She has worked for the NT government and the National Heart Foundation, advising various sectors on community environmental health issues. Her passion is the education of our community to empower and improve people’s quality of life and reduce impact on the environment as a whole.
Patricia is available to assist in developing programs at school and community levels with a view to improving peoples' mental and physical environments.
Footprint's Education and Engagement Manager, Patricia Morris, and Complex Systems expert, John Lee, have recently (2024) achieved on-the-ground familiarisation with major renewable energy projects within Queensland, from Ravenshoe (Far North Queensland) to Collinsville, Eungella, Pioneer-Burdekin (Central Queensland), and to Gladstone and Borumba (South-East Queensland). This has in turn enhanced our understanding of community concerns and support relating to potential impacts on social , cultural/indigenous, and environmental aspects from proposed renewable energy projects.
Patricia is also an Educator with over 30 years experience in teaching in schools and community across Australia. She has worked for the NT government and the National Heart Foundation, advising various sectors on community environmental health issues. Her passion is the education of our community to empower and improve people’s quality of life and reduce impact on the environment as a whole.
Patricia is available to assist in developing programs at school and community levels with a view to improving peoples' mental and physical environments.
Ongoing Support
Our Community Engagement Program also provides a service of ongoing support by our Environmental & Sustainability Advisors to ask questions of about relevant issues relating to your projects or activities.
Our team consists of educators and sustainability facilitators with experience in running successful programs to raise awareness in schools, businesses and organisations and in industry across Australia and internationally, in the topics of environmental (conservation and biodiversity), business sustainability, behavioural change, and holistic integration (health/environment).
Our team consists of educators and sustainability facilitators with experience in running successful programs to raise awareness in schools, businesses and organisations and in industry across Australia and internationally, in the topics of environmental (conservation and biodiversity), business sustainability, behavioural change, and holistic integration (health/environment).
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The 'Nature Positive' Approach to operating business...
Nature positive action from business, industry, government and financial institutions is required to help create a new operating model or platform, which is drawn from the concepts of regeneration, resilience and circularity. Repairing and restoring the natural environment, whilst sustainably extracting the various resources from the environment, makes good sustainable economic sense.
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Our services incorporate a 'nature positive' approach in strategies and actions plans for your business or activity.
