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    • arrow_forward Building a biodegradable, bioplastic future
    • arrow_forward Inspiring generations of future designers
    • arrow_forward Justice for victims of modern slavery
    • arrow_forward New and continuing donors in 2021
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With the remarkable generosity and vision of our donor community, we’re continuing to drive innovation and find solutions that will improve lives, advance knowledge and transform society. 

  • — To build reef resilience
    we need to maintain the coral cover

    and biodiversity, but also mitigate
    the stresses that the reef is facing.

    So primarily, this would be addressing
    the threat of climate change;

    but also local stressors
    such as water quality and pollution.

    So through the Coral Nurture Program,
    we're trying to build resilience, buy

    time for the reefs while we get that
    global action on climate change.

    Help ensure that biodiversity and coral
    cover is maintained into the future.

    And also ensure
    the socio economic resilience

    of the tour operators
    and other key stakeholders of the reef.

    — Our approach to reef conservation
    is really different

    to others out there.

    It really is an equitable partnership
    between the stakeholders

    and the scientists.

    And that's really important because that's
    what enables us to build scale,

    and the model is quite straightforward.

    So all of the operators are out there
    planting coral.

    That enables us to do

    science at scales never possible before,
    and really provides the answers of

    how to do this better to the operators;
    and they can continue to grow the scale.

    So we have
    what's called a positive feedback loop.

    It's a really unique model.

    Since the proof of concept stage, over
    an eight month period, we've had another

    70,000 corals that have been outplanted,
    scaling across 20 different sites.

    So that shows the scalability
    that can be achieved in a relatively small

    time scale.

    — From the very outset,

    we not only believed in
    what they were doing

    and could see the potential
    of how big and scalable it could be,

    which is really important
    for a brand and a company like Diageo,

    but equally they were such easy people
    to deal with.

    They understood what we were trying to do
    and what our objectives were.

    We understood what their objectives were,
    and we found a lovely, happy medium

    for us both to come together and

    achieve hopefully a fantastic
    mutual outcome — for both parties

    and ultimately for the great Barrier
    Reef and its long term future.

    We also happen to have a pretty impressive

    spirits distillery at the southern
    tip of the Great Barrier Reef.

    So we felt like there was
    a really big opportunity and almost

    an onus on us as a big manufacturer
    to do our bit, to help our own backyard.

    And what better part of Australia
    and the world to help than

    arguably our greatest national treasure
    in the Great Barrier Reef itself.

    — Diageo's support

    for the project
    has been an absolute game changer for us.

    So the support directly

    goes to the operators and that has meant
    they can keep planting during periods

    especially when there are tourism
    downturns.

    And COVID 19 was a really good example
    of when we simply had no tourists.

    The other really critical angle
    that Diageo provides

    for us is the external visibility
    to a huge network of supporters.

    And it means that the messages

    that we can really communicate
    about the success of the program,

    not just in terms of the ecological gains,
    but also the social gains to all of the

    operators and the stakeholder livelihoods,
    reaches a really wide community.

    Wider
    than we can possibly do by ourselves.

    —So ultimately,
    if there is the passion, the motivation,

    the desire of our industry partners,
    if we as scientists

    can continue to bring the knowledge
    that's needed and continue this

    harmonious partnership,
    then ultimately the scope is limitless.

    — So other community

    stakeholders can quite simply get involved
    by supporting the tourism operators.

    Do not give up on the reef.

    Visit the reef and see the incredible
    action that all of the local communities

    that are rehabilitating
    the reef can can really achieve.

    Whether that's

    maintaining the existing healthy sites
    or rebuilding some of the degraded areas.

    Every visitor counts right now, and
    that supports our process even further.

    Reef regeneration

    A unique partnership between beverage company Diageo and UTS researchers working on the Coral Nurture Program is offering new hope for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

  • Remembering Lawrence: honouring a UTS equity advocate

    Honouring the life of their son and brother, the Vidoni family are providing essential support for UTS students with a disability through the Lawrence Vidoni Scholarship.

    Mum, son and father seated at a table. Mum and son looking at the camera and father looking at the son. Son is holding a photo of his brother Lawrence.
  • Justice for victims of modern slavery

    Norton Rose Fulbright's decade-long support of Anti-Slavery Australia has led directly to justice for thousands of victims, and an unprecedented degree of visibility on the issue in Australia.

    Woman standing next to a seated man in front of an indigenous artwork and a pull up banner for Anti Slavery Australia
  • Building a biodegradable, bioplastic future

    The Julius Baer Foundation’s gift of $840,000 to the C3 SEAWeed Tech project is fast-tracking this social impact solution to a climate change problem through zero-waste bioplastic production.

    Professor Peter Ralph in a lab coat in a lab looking at the camera. In the foreground there are beakers containing seaweed
  • Professor Shirley Alexander’s enduring legacy

    Throughout the course of her remarkable 30 year tenure, Professor Alexander has demonstrated her deep commitment to the UTS community as a leader, mentor, donor and educator.

    Professor Shirley Alexander AM standing in front of Building 2 with graduates and families in the background.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses now stand. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands. 

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