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Gill King
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I help people, communities, & organisations to overcome barriers & make conscious choices, to align what they do with their values & concerns. Focus: integrity for a future flourishing in a safe, healthy & habitable climate.
Helping move my Twitterati here
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Ansell's #leadership on climate highlighted at its AGM. 'Science-based' commitments to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by FY45, which it hopes to beat and that includes new commitment to reduce absolute Scope 3 (supplier) emissions by 90% by FY45. #ClimateAction #boards 1/2
Screenshot of an Ansell 2025 AGM slide 'Delivering Against Sustainability Objectives, Net Zero Target Now Includes Scope 3 Emissions' Sustainability I would like to make a few comments on a couple of our key sustainability objectives – our net zero commitment and delivering improved labour rights in our supply chain. In 2022 we declared a target to achieve net zero scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions, with a goal to expanding this commitment to include scope 3 emissions. Last year we submitted our targets for net zero emissions including scope 3 to the Science Based Targets Initiative, and I am pleased to report that these have been formally validated. Our commitment now is to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions across our entire value chain by FY45, reflecting our long-term ambition to lead in climate action and deliver more sustainable solutions for our customers. Recognising that scope 3 emissions represent a significant share of our total carbon footprint, Ansell has set a target for 90% of our suppliers (by spend) to have science-based emissions reduction targets in place by 2030. This forms a key part of our broader climate strategy, as we work to drive meaningful emissions reductions not only within our own operations but across our entire value chain. With customer demand for sustainable products increasing, a key focus of our innovation program is enhancing differentiation through reducing the environmental impact of our products. In FY25, 80% of the new and updated products we launched featured reduced environmental impacts – including incorporation of low-energy-consumption materials, less packaging materials, and enhanced product reusability and recyclability. Further initiatives are also underway to bring our RightCycle™ product recycling program to more customers, with our FY26 goal being to achieve a 20% increase in landfill waste diversion through RightCycle™ as we expand the program’s capability and capacity. It was pleasing to see that for the second year running our sustainability efforts were recognised by leading sustainability rating agencies with Morningstar Sustainalytics including us in its ESG Top- Rated Companies list. This is satisfying external acknowledgement of our industry leadership in providing safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces and for protecting the rights of our employees and workers in our supply chain.
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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The devil is in the detail
#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotOver
September 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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I guess I did pretty well with my #Hottest100 votes. Could have picked 100% if I had included ones I forgot or ditched.
July 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Maybe…
July 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Me too. Could have had more already with ones I forgot or ditched.
July 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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My #Hottest100 votes doing pretty well so far. Will the last 3 make it?
July 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Yes.
Just making a shortlist was so hard. What astounded me was some of the songs that were not already in the mix, even songs that were big hits in at least some of the stations' listener age groups. Then there’s all my favourites I forgot 🤪

So I just bit the bullet and submitted these votes.
July 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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So glad Evie Parts 1, 2 & 3 made it to #Hottest100AustralianSongs. It’s the one I have requested on radio (yet somehow I forgot to put it on my list 🤪) #hottest100 #doublej #triplej
July 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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A lovely, quiet, child-centred, truth-telling rally in Canberra this morning.

Heard some hard realities (including one mum with her children on stage saying that, statistically, one of her 2 or 3 boys would not live to age 18. 😭
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#SovereigntyNeverCeded #SovereigntyDay #InvasionDay
Dark-skinned man wearing black T-shirt and shorts and white sneakers standing on grass beside gum leaves and the Sacred Fire and behind an Aboriginal Flag and a crowd of people sitting on the ground who are listening to two people under a light blue gazebo in the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in front of Old Parliament House in Canberra. Dark-skinned man wearing black T-shirt and shorts and white sneakers standing on grass beside gum leaves and the Sacred Fire and behind an Aboriginal Flag and a crowd of people sitting on the ground who are listening to two people under a light blue gazebo in the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in front of Old Parliament House in Canberra.
January 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Here's to fresh starts, new opportunities, and the courage to stand up and take action for a better future.

What are you resolving to do in 2025?

#NewYear2025 #newyearnewme
Navy blue background containing several golden starburst fireworks. In the centre is a large golden 2025 balloons coming out of a white flattened box with golden ribbons. Above it is large white script saying 'hello'. Below the box is small golden text saying 'Here’s to fresh starts, new opportunities, and the courage to stand up and take action for a better future.' and then bigger white script saying 'What are you resolving to do in 2025?'
January 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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PSA:
Looks like we're at the start of another pandemic (and we haven't left the COVID19 pandemic).
If you're not already wearing a mask & ensuring good fresh air quality then now is a good time to start - because both flu & COVID are spread by airborne droplets.
#maskup 😷 #H5N1 #flu #CovidIsAirborne
Screenshot of tweet from @outbreakupdates dated Dec 18 Below text is a graph showing concentration of Influenza A, Southeast San Francisco from 8 August 2022 to 17 December 2024. It shows a moderate increase then fall in concentration during winter 2022-23 over baseline of essentially zero, a concentration spike approximately double in winter 2023-24 with cases continuing (i.e. not back to zero) then a sharp vertical much larger spike (essentially double again) in December 2024. Text of tweet says: Wastewater does not lie 🧵 If genomic sequencing reveals that this surge is driven by seasonal strains, the implications are serious but manageable. If sequencing reveals H5N1 or, worse, a reassortant virus, it is the first signal of a pandemic in the making. 1/ Screenshot of first two tweets in a thready by @outbreakupdates 12:56pm Dec 19, 2024 [AEDT?]: The Louisiana case isn’t important because it’s severe. It’s important because it confirms H5N1’s trajectory. An entrenched, mutating virus with growing access to human hosts. The window for proactive intervention is closing 🧵 1/ The first severe human case of H5N1 in the US is a signal event. It’s not unexpected, but it is pivotal. This case brings the virus into direct contact with a population and infrastructure unprepared for its trajectory. 2/ Third and fourth tweets in 19 December 2024 thread by @outbreakupdates: This isn’t a case of random exposure. It’s the inevitable result of a virus that has become entrenched in wild bird populations, spread to mammals, and now breached the human-animal barrier. In a context where spillovers are increasingly normalized. 3/ The data suggests inevitability. A virus with high lethality, entrenched in multiple reservoirs, and adapting to mammalian hosts will eventually develop new transmission dynamics. We don’t know the timeline. But the trajectory is clear. 4/ Eighth, ninth and tenth tweets in 19 December 2024 thread by @outbreakupdates: The convergence of risks creates a pandemic-ready virus. H5N1 doesn’t need efficient human-to-human transmission to destabilize global systems. Localized outbreaks with high mortality would disrupt supply chains, healthcare, and food security. 8/ Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates · 2h Vaccine development is progressing, but scalability and deployment remain logistical bottlenecks. Even with mRNA tech, the timeline between outbreak and widespread immunization is months. Time a virus like H5N1 would exploit ruthlessly. 9/ This isn’t alarmism. It’s basic risk calculus. H5N1’s evolutionary potential is amplified by systems we’ve built. Dense farming, fragmented surveillance, and ecological disruption. Each case brings us closer to a threshold we may not detect until it’s
December 19, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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As holidays ramp up, is how you holiday causing more damage to the climate?

Flying is a recent phenomenon yet has been accelerating and now accounts for about 10% of global climate-damaging emissions.

What most of us need most during holidays is rest.

Join me and #StayOnTheGround.
#flightfree.
Screenshot of black text on white background. Header reads "Comment > Letters to the Editor > The Canberra Times [shown as masthead]. Text as follows: Heading: Make tourism greener Body: Tourism now accounts for about 10 per cent of global carbon emissions, and aeroplane travel alone accounts for nearly half of that. Why not make offsets for these emissions compulsory, for example, through airport taxes or fuel levies? After all, those who can afford to fly around the world can afford to repair the damage their travel does to the planet's climate. Author: Richard Manderson, Narrabundah
December 16, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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The first picture is Adelaide St in Brisbane (Australia), taken some years ago and with Brisbane Town Hall on the right.
November 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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I have that cartoon too. Have used it occasionally in my work as Convenor of Living Streets Canberra.

Builds on this tweet, which I use a lot.

#RoadSafety #cars #DesignMatters
Screenshot of tweet by Tom Flood @tomfood1, Dec 18, 2021. On black background. Text says 'Sorry kids, didn't see you there without any hi-viz. Didn't your parents teach you road safety? Show this thread' Picture shows two primary-school age children in walking on path in front of large Chevrolet vehicle with bonnet higher than they are.
November 28, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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Join A Chorus of Women for a special event at Parliament House, #Canberra, Tuesday, 2:00-2:30pm*:
We will sing for peace on Earth today and peace with the Earth for the sake of humanity & all of nature.

*yes, now Question Time, so please come & help us make this a really special event.

#Christmas
November 24, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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The only flag we need, because we all share the one and only planet on which we live.
Humanity must work as one to stop and reverse damage to the climate, and to adapt to the consequences of damage already done.
#ClimateActionNow
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November 20, 2024 at 2:17 AM