ESA Sustainability Special Interest Group

 Co-Chairs: Dr Lyndal Tacon, Dr Annabelle Warren, Dr Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Dr Pieter Jansen

This inaugural group will explore ways to implement sustainable practices in Endocrinology. Climate change is impacting human health, and we aim to empower members to make environmentally favourable choices. The group’s scope is broad and may encompass net zero initiatives in clinical practice, prescribing, minimising low value care, ‘greening’ conferences, as well as research and advocacy.   

The ESA sustainability interest group will be structured into various subcommittees. Members are encouraged to bring general ideas to the group and smaller working parties will then be formed, to connect members with shared interests. These subcommittees will report back to the main group in meetings held on-line every two months. Additionally, there may be some follow-up questions and discussions by email. All new members are welcomed!   

Some of the first objectives will be to coin the group’s terms of reference and create a position statement which will define the group’s purpose. 

ESA Sustainability SIG Position Statement

The ESA SiG Research & Grants Subcommittee (Dr Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Dr Shejil Kumar) have commenced two new initiatives in 2025:

Sustainability Micro-Grant

This $5,000 research grant is to provide funding to support early-stage research or small research projects in Australia by an early career ESA member. The grant is specifically for research into endocrinology & environmental sustainability. The recipient of this award is expected to present their research in the Sustainability Prize session at the ESA ASM. Click the link above for further details on eligibility and how to apply. 

Sustainability Prize Session (at the ESA ASM)

This initiative stems from our priority to develop an active research community to address the relationship between endocrine disorders, their management and the environment in an Australian context. We hope this will inspire early career investigators (clinical and basic science) and registrars to consider undertaking projects focussed on endocrinology and sustainability, which could be presented in this session. The prize is free registration for the ESA ASM for the following year. Abstract submission dates are the same as for all ESA ASM abstracts.