RPC Technologies has congratulated Manager of Engineering (Broadmeadow Office) Pierre Gouhier, who last week received the Engineers Australia - Newcastle Division 2013 Young Professional Engineer of the Year Award. [ + ]

Proposed changes to the Governance Principles and Recommendations applicable to Australian listed companies have been welcomed by sustainability advisory firm Net Balance. [ + ]

Today was the official opening of Schneider Electric's new energy-smart office space in Melbourne. The company has relocated to a facility at Ferntree Business Park, situated at Notting Hill, where it occupies three levels covering 5465 m² of office space and 400 m² in warehousing. [ + ]

JBS Australia, the country's largest producer of meat products, has engaged technical service company Wiley to project manage the $8.7 million upgrade of its wastewater treatment system. [ + ]

A CO₂ mineral carbonation research pilot plant, to be established at the University of Newcastle (UoN), will trial a new method for permanently and safely storing carbon emissions generated from fossil fuels and other industrial processes. [ + ]

2013 Banksia Leading in Sustainability - Setting the Standard for Small to Medium Businesses Award recognises businesses with fewer than 200 employees demonstrating leadership through fully integrating sustainable principles and practices into operational activities, reducing the organisation’s footprint. [ + ]

Strong winter winds over the week beginning 11 August resulted in records being broken for wind power generation in South Australia and Victoria. [ + ]

First Solar and Ingenero have announced a collaboration arrangement to provide a joint offering to the commercial and off-grid solar markets. [ + ]

A research team has developed a better way to protect groundwater from acids, heavy metals and toxic chemicals - such as those found in mining, industrial and domestic waste - which would otherwise contaminate the water for decades, rendering it unusable and undrinkable. [ + ]

The Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index (NLI), released yesterday, shows that the occurrence of litter nationally is declining. [ + ]

Independent standards company BSI incorporating NCSI has released its second biannual industry survey looking at current Australian corporate practices concerning environmental sustainability and climate change. [ + ]

Lend Lease has announced the appointment of Geoff Dutaillis to the role of group head of sustainability. Commencing in September, he will report to Group COO Dan Labbad. [ + ]

Not-for-profit social business Pollinate Energy is sending three young Aecom professionals to India, in order to improve the livelihood of families living below the poverty line and support local microentrepreneurs. [ + ]

As part of an RMIT University research project, a demonstration home will be built in the Melbourne suburb of Melton to showcase building techniques designed to eliminate construction waste. [ + ]

Research and consulting firm GlobalData has released a report forecasting the global wind power market up to the year 2020. The report finds that despite demonstrating a slowed growth rate, China will continue to be the largest wind power market. [ + ]