The Sydney Opera House was yesterday awarded a 4 Star Green Star – Performance rating by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), putting the national icon among a select few World Heritage buildings that have achieved green certification globally.

The NSW Government announced in February 2015 that it had a preference to introduce a container deposit scheme (CDS). But what is the state of play beyond NSW? [ + ]

The Carbon Abatement Forum, being held in Sydney from 27–29 October, will bring together some of the business and industry leaders who have led action on GHG abatement with policymakers and other stakeholders to share experience and strategic insights on climate action. [ + ]

If you're on the hunt for Australia's greenest buildings, start with the ones that already exist — says Tony Arnel, Global Director of Sustainability, Norman Disney & Young. [ + ]

New Zealand businesses want the government to show greater leadership around carbon, waste and water issues, a University of Waikato study has found. [ + ]

Each year, we send around four million tonnes of perfectly good, nutritious food to landfill. Aside from the social, economic and moral implications of that waste, the environmental cost of producing all that food and to not putting it to use is staggering. [ + ]

Sustainabilty Matters asks SUEZ environnement's Executive Director Infrastructure Emmanuel Vivant about the company's role in the 'resource revolution' in Australia and more. [ + ]

New and smarter ways to produce things is only half the cleantech picture: we also need smart management of what gets left behind, says Tom Nickels, Managing Director of Waste Management NZ. [ + ]

A Googonian is a proud new owner of a sustainable home in the new township of Googong, conveniently located between Canberra in the ACT and Queanbeyan in Southern NSW. This premium development is centred on values of sustainability, affordability and community, and has established innovative and ambitious sustainability goals that are serving to demonstrate best practice both in Australia and internationally. [ + ]

From nappies to toilet tissues, most will be familiar with at least some of the indispensable hygiene products manufactured by Kimberly-Clark. What you may be surprised to learn is that the company has been making great strides to meet ambitious waste management strategies that minimise the impact of its products on the environment. However, achieving success with such strategies has not come without challenges. [ + ]

A wastewater treatment plant in the US has used a dynamic imaging particle analysis system to monitor the condition and presence of methanogens in its anaerobic digestion process to find a potential correlation with methane production. [ + ]

A funny thing happened on the way to Australia's energy future: the humble householder became a literal powerhouse of change. Alongside that domestic energy revolution, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is working to bring the renewable energy benefits discovered by those householders to the rest of Australia's community, including businesses and industry. [ + ]

There are few markets as fast paced or lucrative as the technology market, particularly in the context of building automation solutions. [ + ]

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) is a progressive solution to Australia's growing waste management problem. Australian Ethical International Equities Portfolio Manager Nathan Lim explains. [ + ]

Emissions reduction is very much on the agenda for businesses large and small. The challenge Australian businesses are grappling with is how to reduce their environmental impact without detriment to the bottom line. The perception is that being green can be extremely costly. Well-known practices like solar and hybrid fleet can be expensive to use or require a major capital outlay.