Entries for 2011 Banksia Awards now open
24 May, 2011Entries are now invited for the 2011 Banksia Awards from community groups, local government and businesses.
AWA recognises Fortescue Metals' water management
19 May, 2011The Australian Water Association’s (AWA) national award for Infrastructure Project Innovation has been presented to Fortescue Metals Group for its managed aquifer recharge scheme at Cloudbreak mine, one of the largest mines of its type in the Pilbara region.
2011 savewater! award nominations now open
17 May, 2011Nominations are now open for the 2011 savewater! awards which promote water efficiency.
Nominations open for Water Wise award
17 May, 2011Nominations for the Prime Minister’s 2011 Water Wise Award are invited from commercial and industrial companies that have achieved substantial water savings.
Sustainable Energy Association 2011 Award for Excellence shared
15 April, 2011BuildingIQ and Perth’s Western Power have received the annual Sustainable Energy Association 2011 Award for Excellence in Innovation for their work on Perth’s historic Council House.
Green wine picks up gold
22 March, 2011Third-generation family winery Taylors Wines has picked up the only Australian gold medal at the 18th annual Chardonnay du Monde international wine competition held at the Pasteur Institute, Saint-Lager, Burgundy, France, March 2011.
Serendipity Ice Cream wins sustainability leadership award
17 December, 2010Serendipity Ice Cream has won the 2010 Sustainability Leadership award at the 2010 Environment Awards for its continued strong leadership in and commitment to the ‘target sustainability @ Marrickville’ program.
Top award for water treatment company in UK town
17 December, 2010B & V Water Treatment, one of the UK’s largest Legionella control and water treatment companies, has been named Business of the Year in a prestigious awards ceremony.
Energetics and EPA win Victorian green office awards
08 December, 2010Energetics and EPA Victoria have been named recipients of the inaugural Victorian CitySwitch Green Office Awards for their achievements in reducing office energy use.
National engineering award for Alcoa
30 November, 2010A scientific breakthrough in alumina refining has earned aluminium company Alcoa the Australian Government Engineering Innovation Award at the 2010 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards in Canberra.
Fuji Xerox Australia awarded GECA ecolabel for sustainability
18 November, 2010Fuji Xerox Australia has been awarded the Good Environmental Choice Australia Label for its ApeosPort III and IV and DocuCentre III and IV multifunction devices by Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA). It is the only vendor of multifunction device technology to receive this accolade in Australia.
Minister congratulates top water-saving businesses
17 November, 2010The most water wise businesses in Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains were revealed last night at the 7th annual business water efficiency awards, held in Sydney.
Sydney Water wins major infrastructure award
17 November, 2010Sydney Water’s Priority Sewerage Program (PSP) has won an Alliancing Association of Australasia (AAA) Excellence Award.
Cleantech challenge displays strong Australian innovation
17 November, 2010GE Australia has highlighted innovative local entries to its ecomagination challenge, with the winner to be announced by the end of November. The challenge attracted more than 40 entries from Australia highlighting a strong level of local innovation and progressive thinking about carbon reduction technologies.
Sugarcane growers win national environmental award
20 October, 2010Project Catalyst, a pioneering partnership helping to improve the quality of water flowing into Great Barrier Reef catchments has won a national Banksia Environmental Award.
