The latest report from the World Wind Energy Association sees a 40% wind power share as a long-term global goal, achievable even based on today's available technologies. [ + ]

Anthony Carbines is inviting Melburnians to have their say on planning for Melbourne's future waste and recycling infrastructure requirements. [ + ]

National Recycling Week may have ended for another year, but the Printing Industries Association of Australia believes that's no excuse for the printing community to stop looking for ways to reduce its environmental footprint. [ + ]

With Australia set to face a severe El Niño summer, with predicted droughts and bushfires across the country, Reece Irrigation has declared November 2015 to be the inaugural 'Smart Irrigation Month'. [ + ]

WA Minister for Energy Mike Nahan has announced that storage systems will be allowed to export unused electricity onto the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) as of 1 December 2015. [ + ]

AC Solar Warehouse has marked the sale of its 50,000th Enphase Energy Microinverter since Enphase entered the Australian market in 2013. [ + ]

The second Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction awarded contracts for 45.5 million tonnes of emissions reduction at an average price of $12.25 per tonne.

The City of Sydney's plans to increase tree canopy by 50% could have a bigger impact on reducing air pollution than a reduction in traffic, according to researchers. [ + ]

Solco has entered into a heads of agreement to acquire Redback Investments Australia (RBIA), which owns 20% of emerging energy storage business Redback Technologies. [ + ]

KPMG Australia has recruited TES-AMM as its official IT asset disposal partner, enabling the firm to act as a model practitioner in the responsible recycling of e-waste. [ + ]

Queensland University of Technology has been proclaimed the winner of the Wiley Genesis Award as part of the 2015 Global Business Challenge — a competition to design sustainable solutions to feed the world. [ + ]

The annual extremes issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society features five papers focusing on Australia's changing climate throughout 2014. [ + ]

Commonwealth Bank has announced new and updated environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices that support the bank's efforts to make a positive impact through the way it does business. [ + ]

Yealands Family Wines in Marlborough, New Zealand, has introduced an aromatic white blend called the Yealands Estate Land Made PGR (Pinot gris, Gewürztramier and Riesling) from its carboNZeroCert winery.

A start-up company supported by Victoria University of Wellington has beaten teams from all over the world to win the international Climathon competition. [ + ]