Conference producers Communique Australasia have gathered leaders in corporate competitive sustainability from across Australia and the UK to examine how to boost organisational profit through sustainable development, over a 1.5 day conference.

A dramatic increase in recycling, as well as a reduction in daily cleaning times of between 40 to 60 minutes each day, is a spectacular outcome for Kiama Municipal Council, since the installation of an innovative under desk recycling system at the beginning of 2007.

Australia is preparing to play a leading role in helping to fight contamination round the world with the launch of a new clean-up industry group.

From the 1 July 2007, Utility Services, ‘us’, is to be the provider of water, sewer and stormwater network maintenance services for Metrowater, New Zealand’s largest water retailer.

New techniques based on developments in bio- and nanotechnologies will provide significant improvements to the everyday management of water supplies, according to Dr David Garman, Environmental Biotechnology CRC executive director and president of the International Water Association.

Huhtamaki Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with environmental waste partner, SITA. The agreement will support Bioware, a range of renewable plant resource-based food packaging products made from biodegradable and compostable materials, launched by global packaging company Huhtamaki.

The realities and exciting opportunities around trading in a sustainable New Zealand were on the agenda as the government engaged with business and industry, according to Environment Minister David Benson-Pope.

Australia’s sea levels will rise by several metres by the end of the century due to rapidly increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, according to research from a group of international scientists.

An international research team, including three CSIRO scientists, has thrown new light on the way that carbon dioxide produced by industrial activities in the Northern Hemisphere is absorbed by vegetation across the globe, particularly in tropical regions.

A western Sydney council and a State government department have joined forces to use recycled garden waste to help transform a former landfill into parkland. They are holding an open day next week to explain to other councils and land managers how it’s done.

The Ensus Group has announced that it has secured investment for the ‘world-scale green fuels’ facility, which plans an annual production capacity of 400 million L.

Our understanding of our planet's structure, climate and the impact of climate change through global warming is to be dramatically increased by a new space mission.

Soil is the backbone of every farm, and a national conference early next month will get down and dirty on this vital agricultural resource.

An Australian in-depth symposium ‘Anticipating climate change risks, costs and opportunities for infrastructure: A conference for asset owners and investors’ will be held at the University of Melbourne on 21 June 2007.

The launch of Pacific Blue NZ’s Carbon Offset scheme for customers is yet another step in the nation’s drive towards carbon neutrality, according to government Ministers David Benson-Pope and David Parker.