Victorian science prizes awarded for sustainability
06 December, 2012The Victorian Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business, Louise Asher, has announced two winners of this year’s Victorian Prize for Science and Innovation and 12 winners of the Victorian Fellowship. Three of the award winners won for their efforts in sustainability.
Awards for Sydney businesses going green
05 December, 2012DEXUS Property Group and Buildcorp are the latest organisations recognised in the City of Sydney’s CitySwitch Green Office Awards, thanks to measures such as solar panels, improved computer management and lighting.
Simple solution wins prestigious environmental engineering award
01 December, 2012GHD and Auckland Transport are the winners of the 2012 Engineering Excellence Award for Excellence in Environmental Practice for their ‘TetraTrap’ design. The TetraTrap is a simple catchpit filter which prevents the flow of road pollutants to Auckland’s waterways and harbour via the stormwater system.
Sydney’s green efforts win global recognition
30 November, 2012The City of Sydney has won a silver award in the most sustainable government category of the renowned International Green Awards for its vision, innovation and advocacy in areas including energy, water, waste and transport.
Villa Maria Estate captures big prize at NZI National Sustainable Business Network awards
23 November, 2012Auckland’s Villa Maria Estate has been named Sustainable Business of the Year at the NZI National Sustainable Business Network Awards announced yesterday.
AWRE Innovation Awards finalists announced
16 November, 2012The Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo Innovation Awards are being held on Wednesday 21 November at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and are set to reward forward thinking waste and recycling innovations.
Five Australian organisations recognised as global leaders in sustainability
16 November, 2012Five Australian organisations have been announced as finalists in the prestigious International Green Awards, which will be presented in London on 20 November.
Target 100 wins Origin Gold Banksia Award
15 November, 2012Energy provider Origin, major sponsor of the Banksia Environmental Foundation’s Gold Banksia Award, has announced the 2012 Gold Award winner as Meat and Livestock Australia’s Target 100 initiative.
Crystals that trap pollution win at Tall Poppies
14 November, 2012CSIRO mathematician Dr Aaron Thornton was named a 2012 Victorian Young Tall Poppy last night in recognition of his work in carbon dioxide and molecular gas research.
LNG researcher wins PM’s science prize
01 November, 2012A leading researcher who is helping to make the nation’s vast reserves of liquefied natural gas (LNG) an even cleaner fuel is among five winners of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science announced yesterday in Canberra.
Eversons Food Processors wins 2012 Prime Minister’s Water Wise Award
29 October, 2012Senator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, has congratulated Macleay River Meats - trading as Eversons Food Processors - on winning the 2012 Prime Minister’s Water Wise Award.
Sodium-ion battery researcher awarded Indian Fellowship
26 October, 2012Dr Manickam Minakshi has received an Early Career Australia-India Fellowship from the Australian Academy of Science, only two months after revealing his work on a sodium-ion battery.
Christchurch Civic Building wins 2012 Supreme Concrete3 Sustainability Award
17 October, 2012Athfield Architects has taken out the 2012 Supreme Concrete3 Sustainability Award for its extensive refurbishment of the new Christchurch Civic Building on Hereford Street.
Get voting online for your favourite sustainable business
17 October, 2012New Zealand’s Sustainable Business Network (SBN) is urging everyone to vote for their favourite sustainability initiative to choose this year’s Vodafone People’s Choice Award winner in the NZI National Sustainable Business Network Awards.
Romilly Madew named an Australian ‘woman of influence’
17 October, 2012The Green Building Council of Australia’s Chief Executive, Romilly Madew, has been named one of ‘100 Women of Influence’.
