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Publications

Crossing the Threshold - a primer for sustainable digitalisation in real estate and cities

Morphosis - 2018

Crossing the Threshold is a key resource for those wanting to start understanding and applying sustainable digitalisation. It is a primer to help industry and cities start taking action and leadership on sustainable digitalisation.

Crossing the Threshold identifies 24 ESG opportunities and risks that will likely be materially consequential to many real estate and city stakeholders, and offers a framework for action to help organisations build capacity and provide industry leadership.

It was conceived, funded and authored by Simon Carter of Morphosis, published by the RICS and endorsed by the Property Council of Australia (PCA), Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) and the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB).

Ethical by Design: Principles for Good Technology

The Ethics Centre - 2018

Learn the principles you need to consider when designing ethical technology, how to balance the intentions of design and use, and the rules of thumb to prevent ethical missteps. Understand how to break down some of the biggest challenges and explore a new way of thinking for creating purpose-based design.

You’re responsible for what you design – make sure you build something good. Whether you are editing a genome, building a driverless car or writing a social media algorithm, this report offers the knowledge and tools to do so ethically.

The Ethics Centre is Australia’s leading ethics education, innovation and advisory body. ethics.org.au

Human Rights and Technology - Final Report

Australian Human Rights Commission - 2021

This report and project of the Australian Human Rights Commission is a landmark for the advancement of technology in alignment with human rights.

“Edward Santow, Australian Human Rights Commissioner, led a three-year national initiative culminating in the Human Rights and Technology Final Report.

The Report sets out a roadmap for responsible innovation—taking advantage of the promise of new technology, while upholding our human rights. The Report’s recommendations will help ensure that new technologies are developed and used in ways that are inclusive, accountable, and with robust human rights safeguards.”

Summary and easy English versions of the report are available via the report website.

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