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 About

Adaptation is an environmental consultancy that supports governments, industries and businesses improve their environmental performance and help reduce climate change.

By understanding all aspects of your product, service or activity and its corresponding environmental impacts, we are able to advise you regarding its potential to cause harm to the environment and you, and your team’s, adherence to environmental legislation.

Often our clients engage with us to develop clear objectives for their team and a roadmap to get them there. Others ask us to help their team achieve their objectives. In addition, our clients engage with us to develop programs and achieve their objectives. It doesn’t matter how much of the journey we help you with; what’s important is that we’re here to help whenever we can.

We are specialists in the field of Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) action plans and reporting, environmental auditing and reporting, and environmental programs that support sustainability, development and implementation.

Reversing climate change is a team effort and our partnerships with our clients enables all of us to work towards a common goal. By understanding the needs of our clients and the ever-changing environmental landscape, we are able to collaborate and deliver solutions that will delight you and your customers.

 “When I look at a littered beach, particularly after a large swell or the aftermath of wild weather, I feel sad and overwhelmed, particularly when there is so much plastic. No matter how many pieces of plastic I pick up there are still hundreds more. I can’t possibly fix it on my own. When my friends pitch in and help, it makes me feel less pressure. When I see strangers starting to help, it lifts my spirits and gives me renewed energy to pick up a bit more. When I look back at what I’ve achieved it can feel insignificant. When I look back at what the collective has achieved, it’s amazing.”

— Lara Barclay, Managing Director - Adaptation Environmental Support

FAQS

  • Shocking and scaring people doesn’t help build long-lasting behavioural change. Instead, we try to build a positive vision for everyone to help achieve permanent environmental change.

  • Successful environmental plans and actions aren’t normally about the achievements you have made but rather the transparency of your efforts. If you can demonstrate your commitments and your shortcomings to your audience, you will generate long-lasting loyalty.

  • We are completely independent. If somebody is trying to do something positive for the environment, we will help them regardless of whether their team is big or small, government or industry.

  • President Obama broke the mould and established the use of insights from psychology, behavioural economics, and other decision sciences to improve federal programs and operations. People are imperfect. We procrastinate, we avoid making choices and we get confused and discouraged by complex forms. We forget to do things and we sometimes lack the energy to weigh up decisions thoroughly, so we often act according to what we think our peers would do or how our choices are framed. Changing how people engage with their choices, “nudging” them—can reduce these imperfections and substantially affect their decisions.

  • Don’t worry about where you are on your environmental journey. The first thing to do is engage with your team and understand your environmental impacts. It’s normally quite easy to plan a roadmap from there as most solutions to environmental problems are easy once you have the guidance.

  • Everyone has an opinion. Gathering large amounts of data and making informed decisions is a cornerstone on how we evaluate problems. Advancements in Artificial Intelligence technology enables us to understand complex environmental problems at a fraction of the cost of performing these tasks manually.

Meet the Team

Have a look at our portfolio of amazing clients below – their commitment to environmental change all began with a story.  Tell us yours and we will help you achieve your goals. 

  • The strength of Adaptation lies in their ability to provide both strategic counsel and operational support to ensure that your environmental strategy is a living one.

    John Gallagher- Microsoft Australia

  • I found the approach taken by Adaptation to be professional, systematic and outcomes focussed and would have no hesitation in recommending them to other companies requiring support on environmental aspects such as the APC.

    Rick Davy - Sara Lee Australia.

  • Adaptation have always provided exceptional strategic advice and project management in a timely manner and often deliver beyond the scope of work to improve the environmental outcomes from our business.

    Cathi Firth, IAG