While the politics of climate change still remains a contentious issue in Australia, with the axing of the carbon tax by the Abbott government, there still remains a significant business risk associated with climate change that cannot be ignored. [ + ]

Solar PV manufacturer Yingli Green Energy Australia, known as Yingli Solar, has supplied Australia Post with a 284 kWp solar PV system through provider Photon Energy Australia. [ + ]

Degrémont, a subsidiary of water and waste management company Suez Environnement, has just signed a contract with Delta Electricity to operate and maintain the water reclamation plant at Vales Point Power Station in New South Wales. Sustainability Matters talks to Stuart Gowans, General Manager - Business Development at Degrémont, to find out more about the company's expansion into the industrial sector in Australia. [ + ]

One of the United States' newest dairy processing plants features wastewater treatment technology that not only improves biomass recovery and effluent quality, but also harnesses green energy from waste streams. [ + ]

Yarra Valley Water is investing $11 million to improve the sewerage system in Croydon and Chirnside Park, Melbourne, as well as providing recycled water to new developments in the area. [ + ]

Rotork Australia's CVA electric control valve actuators are enabling Sydney Water to control the pressure in the city's water supply network with greatly increased response and accuracy. [ + ]

Food manufacturing specialist Wiley has designed and constructed an innovative biogas and water treatment plant for meat processing company JBS Australia. [ + ]

City dwellers make up more than 50% of the world's population. Current urbanisation trends show that in the next 40 years, 70% of all people on the planet will be living in cities. [ + ]

​Brewer SABMiller is scaling up its sustainable development programs with a set of ambitious new targets to achieve by 2020. Sustainable development is a key element of the company's business strategy. [ + ]

​When Canon Australia made the decision to relocate from its 25-year-old headquarters to a brand new building in Sydney's Macquarie Park, it was always known that sustainability would play a key role in the transition. [ + ]

The biogas sector is presenting huge potential for the meat and food processing industries to access energy at reduced costs. [ + ]

Residential property developer Sekisui House has introduced geothermal heating and cooling infrastructure into its 300 ha master-planned community, The Hermitage, in Sydney's south-west. Sekisui House will be the first developer to bring geothermal technology to the housing market in NSW. [ + ]

A robotics expert from the University of Sydney, Professor Salah Sukkarieh, has been announced Researcher of the Year at the 2014 AUSVEG National Awards for Excellence. Professor Sukkarieh was recognised for his work on intelligent farm robots, in particular the 'Ladybird'. [ + ]

Yingli Solar has supplied Burder Industries with a 355 kWp solar PV system through its distribution partner, EnviroGroup. Burder Industries is a regional manufacturer that produces customised tractor and earthmoving equipment for the agricultural industry. [ + ]

EFOY Pro 2400 fuel cells have been successful in providing continuous power to remotely located research equipment. Using the fuel cells as battery backup has ensured valuable readings are recorded in the University of Canterbury Stable Boundary Layer Experiment. [ + ]