It is a privilege to be working in sustainability and climate change at this time in human history, and with our team of over 1,000 EY specialists globally.

Terence L Jeyaretnam

EY Asia-Pacific Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader

Change maker. Sustainability adviser. Networker and connector. Reconciliation leader. Board member and academic contributor. Karate sensei and basketballer.

Areas of focus

Terence is an environmental engineer and Partner at EY in the Climate Change and Sustainability practice, based in Melbourne leading the services in Asia-Pacific. He is the D&I leader for EY’s Melbourne office and is also the co-leader of EY’s Cultural Diversity at EY Oceania Network (CD@EY).

Prior to joining EY, Terence founded Net Balance in 2006. Before it was acquired by EY in 2014, he succeeded in growing the firm to Australia's largest standalone sustainability and climate change advisory service. Net Balance was twice rated by BRW as one of the Fast 100 growth companies in Australia.

Terence is on the Boards of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AuASB), Amnesty International, Global Citizen Australia, Knowledge Media, Food Frontier and Fairtrade Australia New Zealand, and is an Adjunct Professor at University of Southern Queensland. He is a fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia.

How Terence is building a better working world

“Our teams are helping build a better working world by helping businesses respond to societal, environmental and economic challenges resulting from shifting market demands and the changing economic and regulatory environment. We help our clients build long-term value by managing risk and opportunity and measuring, communicating and assuring nonfinancial performance.”

 

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