Institute for Sustainable Futures

ISF’s sustainability strategy for Sydney landmark development, One Central Park, set the tone for a mixed-use project that set new benchmarks in urban development.

ISF researchers are inspiring others to take a chance on cutting-edge approaches to managing food waste – including a maggot farm at Sydney’s largest redevelopment project.

ISF’s independent research into container deposit schemes has played a major role in public and political campaigns to significantly reduce drink bottle litter.

The way Sydney feeds itself into the future is being reassessed after an innovative mapping project revealed how small-scale local growers are losing out to urban developers and the big food chains.

Civil society organisations support small-scale enterprises to bring water, sanitation and hygiene to poor communities.