Masdar, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mubadala Development Company, and 1Malaysia Development Berhad have signed a cooperation agreement to explore clean technology projects and investments, including the possibility of building Malaysia's first carbon-neutral city.

Eaton has announced that it is collaborating with HP on a federally funded project to improve energy efficiency in information technology (IT) systems. Among the 14 projects chosen by the US Department of Energy, the joint proposal from Eaton and HP was selected as the third-largest grant recipient at US$7.4 million.

The annual amount of waste sent to landfill in 2009 by Canterbury residents in New Zealand was the lowest in 25 years.

Two forward-looking corporations have teamed up to develop the potential production of biodiesel fuel from renewable products such as sugarcane waste, woodchips and more.

A Newspoll conducted for the Smart Approved Water Mark has found more than 90% of respondents in the five capital cities surveyed still think the water situation is at least "somewhat serious".

South East Water has been awarded Infrastructure Project Innovation and Water Professional of the Year at the recent Australian Water Association (AWA) Victorian Excellence Awards 2009.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued its draft advice to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority on the development of water trading rules. The ACCC is inviting submissions from interested stakeholders.

The Centre for Sustainability Leadership is looking for people with the drive and potential to become sustainability leaders.

The Queensland government’s Inner Northern Busway - Queen Street to Upper Roma Street (INB) has won the prestigious overall Project of the Year Award at the Australian Consulting Engineers Association (ACEA) Awards for Excellence dinner, held in Brisbane.

Clean Up Australia Chairman and founder Ian Kiernan AO has joined Auburn and Parramatta City Councils for the launch of Streamline, a new sustainable business program designed to reduce water and energy use and minimise waste production in one of Sydney’s most significant industrial hubs.

A brickworks, a dairy and a polyethylene plant are among 13 manufacturers Australia wide to benefit from the Rudd government’s Re-tooling for Climate Change program, to reduce water use or greenhouse gas emissions in their production processes.

The Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute has welcomed the Australian government’s announcement to progress the development of four large-scale commercial CCS plants across the country.

AGL Energy has won the Australasian Investor Relations Association award for Best Environmental, Social & Governance Disclosure by an Australasian Company.

The Wandoan Power Consortium's proposal for one of the world’s first integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been shortlisted for the next stage of the federal government’s CCS Flagship Program. The Wandoan Power Consortium is working to develop a state-of-the-art cleaner coal plant in Queensland.

South East Water received two awards at the Australian Water Association (AWA) Victorian Excellence Awards 2009 last Friday.