Industry News
Endress+Hauser moves to new Melbourne office
Endress+Hauser has moved to a new office in the Omnico Business Centre in Notting Hill, providing them with a platform from which to service a growing Victorian client base.
[ + ]Have your say: who is the environment's best?
With the launch of the Banksia Environmental Foundation’s People’s Choice Award, Australians were given the power to decide who has delivered the best environmental project in the country.
[ + ]Water China 2008 and PVP China 2008
The largest Chinese trade fair for the Water Industry, the Water China/PVP China, in Canton (Guangzhou), will be held 4-7 March 2008.
[ + ]New green building report for councils
A report from ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability – Oceania (ICLEI Oceania) and the Building Commission highlights nine key pathways for local government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through sustainable buildings.
[ + ]Australians take up climate change challenge
The Banksia Environmental Foundation has announced its Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year finalists for the annual Banksia Awards 2007.
[ + ]Canon calling for entries
To celebrate World Environment Day, Canon New Zealand is calling for entries to the Canon Environmental Grant, a $15,000 product grant awarded on an annual basis to assist environmental projects.
[ + ]CSIRO begins climate project with China
CSIRO and the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) have signed a two-year funding agreement for collaboration between CSIRO statisticians and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science.
[ + ]SITA heats up UK metal recycling industry
Suez Environment, through SITA UK, has acquired Easco Ltd, a specialised metal recycling company.
[ + ]Bathurst green energy power station to go ahead
Transpacific Industries Group (Transpacific) in association with Country Energy and the Bathurst Regional Council have announced the start of construction on a ‘green energy’ (landfill gas fired) power station at Bathurst Waste Management Facility in Bathurst, NSW.
[ + ]Sustainability Victoria grant awarded
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter has received a $990,000 grant from the Sustainability Fund, a Victorian government initiative managed by Sustainability Victoria, for its salt and water reduction and re-use strategy.
[ + ]Graduate students showcase design ideas for a sustainable future
Among the exciting line up of graduate student work to be exhibited at the Society for Responsible Design ChangeX 2007 exhibition, will be a number of eco-friendly designs including an environmentally sound shower system for the homeless, a system for upgrading storm water for local use and a combined system for domestic grey water recycling that also monitors water saving.
[ + ]New Zealand's dairy industry takes action against water waste
New Zealand's leading dairy cooperative, Fonterra has announced a new environmental policy that introduces tough measures against farmers who don't comply with environment standards in the management of effluent, with the ultimate sanction of not collecting farm milk.
[ + ]South Australia's water industry leaders revealed
Five leading South Australian water industry businesses and one committed individual were recognised at the 2007 Water Industry Alliance Awards.
[ + ]Greenhouse emissions reporting
National greenhouse emissions reporting will commence by 1 July 2008 through purpose-built legislation or the National Pollutant Inventory, according to the Council for the Australian Federation.
[ + ]Caltex signs contract for Dalby ethanol
Caltex and Dalby Bio-Refinery Limited (DBRL) have announced a major contract for supply of ethanol from DBRL's new ethanol plant to be built at Dalby in Queensland's Darling Downs.
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