DR RACHEL BAIRD
Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania
Dr Rachel Baird is an experienced environmental professional with a unique understanding of the interplay between state, commonwealth and international laws. Her major project experience provided a valuable practical lens to her legal skills and experience with social impact. She currently teaches corporations law and is engaged in a project to provide governance resources to the NFP community.
Her research (Master's and PhD) addressed international environmental law including marine resource management, regional and high seas fisheries, and marine pollution. Rachel has lectured on international environmental law covering topics such as climate change, resource management, and transboundary pollution. She has authored many articles and books addressing sustainability topics and is a regular expert reviewer for LexisNexis.
Rachel has facilitated a Sustainability Law course run in partnership with Pearson and Oxford University and provided ESG workshops/presentations for the CEO Institute, Governance Institute of Australia, Women on Boards and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Having now built a practice in governance advisory, Rachel has a particular interest in ESG and draws upon years of practice and academic research to advise boards and management teams on organisational sustainability strategies.