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360info received a perfect 100/100 trust rating by independent ratings agency NewsGuard in 2023. 360info is an independent nonprofit public information service, hosted with foundational funding by Monash University, to deliver verified and reliable information to publishing, broadcasting and civic society outlets. The organisation’s focus is to address the world’s key challenges as broadly defined by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, going further by providing research-driven solutions. 360info operates as a “wire agency” supplying contextual and explanatory news features ready-for-publication on other publisher’s outlets at no cost under Creative Commons.

360info reached another significant milestone in 2023, gaining its first non-Monash partners in Australia: the University of Sydney and UNSW Sydney.  Hosting two new commissioning editorships, these partnerships have enabled 30 percent additional commissioning capacity.

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Associate Professor Shirin Malekpour from the Monash Sustainable Development Institute was the first and only Australian among 15 global experts appointed by the UN to write the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 (GSDR), which was co-presented to the Deputy UN Secretary-General early and launched by the UN in September.

Professor Malekpour has been working on the GSDR for four years. The report marks the beginning of a new phase of accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda and helped shape discussions on the state of the planet and human society at the UN SDG Summit 2023.

The Sustainable Development Solutions Network AusNZPac Youth initiative, which is hosted by Monash University, launched the ‘Towards an AusNZPac Youth SDG Index’, a youth-led report that was the first in the world to use the SDGs framework to measure young people’s progress towards sustainable development. The report found that young people were lagging behind the general population on progress against many of the SDGs, has been used as an advocacy and education tool across the country by Australia’s UN Youth Ambassador to ensure that no one is left behind.

Monash Sustainable Development Institute and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) AusNZPac co-hosted SDSN president and globally eminent leader in sustainable development, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, in October 2023, where he delivered a public lecture co-hosted by the City of Melbourne. Over 500 people attended the lecture and over 3000 people watched the online recording of the event. During his tour, Professor Sachs also met with around 300 key stakeholders in industry,  government, academia and civil society to strengthen conversations in Australia on progressing climate action, the SDGs and wellbeing.

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Monash researchers co-authored a report, “Governing University Living Labs for Sustainable Development,” featuring key recommendations and drivers to help university ‘living labs’ stimulate innovation and drive sustainable practice. The study, funded by the Monash-ENGIE Alliance, identified common challenges faced by university living labs, including insufficient governing structures and siloed institutional cultures, and provided practical recommendations for overcoming these obstacles through flexible coordination, investment, facilitation, and communication.

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