Victoria's Western Water wins national 2009 water-saving award
04 November, 2009Victorian Water Corporation's Western Water was successful at the recent national 2009 savewater! awards, winning the prestigious Government - Water Corporations award for its work in developing a state-of-the-art dual pipe recycled water scheme at the Eynesbury Township.
Australian Sustainable Cities winner for 2009
27 October, 2009The City of Canada Bay, NSW, is the winner of the Keep Australia Beautiful Australian Sustainable Cities Awards, announced in Canberra last week.
Griffith MBA ranks in international survey
22 October, 2009Griffith University’s MBA has been ranked number 27 in the world for its leadership in integrating social, environmental and ethical issues into its programs by the Aspen Institute’s 2009-2010 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes.
New Zealand’s top sustainability trailblazers revealed
21 October, 2009An extensive search of New Zealand’s business community has put the spotlight on the country’s most sustainable companies for the 2009 NZI National Sustainable Business Network Awards.
2009 Australian packaging awards for sustainability
08 October, 2009O-I’s Lean+Green lightweight wine bottles have won two awards at the 2009 Australian Packaging Awards in Melbourne.
AECOM engineers win top award for Western Australia’s greenest building
24 September, 2009AECOM has received Western Australia's highest environmental engineering honour for its groundbreaking work on 2 Victoria Avenue, the state’s most environmentally friendly building.
Excellent landfill and transfer stations in Australia recognised
26 August, 2009The Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) has announced the winners of its 2009 National Landfill and Transfer Stations Excellence Awards which recognise the highest standards across the country.
O-I’s Lean and Green bottles win 2009 Packaging Evolution awards
25 August, 2009O-I’s Lean and Green lightweight wine bottles have won two significant awards at the 2009 Packaging Evolution Awards in Sydney.
Unusual engineering award announced for ecolabel
25 August, 2009In a rare decision, a significant New Zealand engineering award has been made to a non-engineering project - Environmental Choice New Zealand has received a Silver Award of Excellence from the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACENZ).
Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses wins Banksia Environmental Foundation 2009 Origin Gold Award
24 August, 2009Origin, Gold Award sponsor of the Banksia Environmental Foundation's annual national awards, has applauded this year's winner, Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses, for its commitment to sustainable business practices.
Simple solution to a trickling problem scores the Smart WaterMark
24 August, 2009A device which solves the problem of a toilet cistern that continues trickling after a flush is one of the latest products to be awarded the Smart Approved WaterMark.
Creative Water Technology wins Innovic’s International Next Big Thing Award 2009
07 July, 2009An innovation that allows highly-contaminated wastewater to be cleaned has won Innovic’s International Next Big Thing Award 2009 — Green/Environmental category.
Watersave Australia nominated finalist in national environmental awards
30 June, 2009Sydney-based sustainable-solutions provider, Watersave Australia, has been nominated as a finalist in two categories of the 2009 Banksia Environmental Foundation National Awards.
Water treatment facility earns two APWA awards
24 June, 2009The Black & Veatch-designed Geneva Water Treatment Facility was named a 2009 Project of the Year Award winner and a Public Works Project Excellence Award winner by the Chicago Metro Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA).
Winners of NSW Compost Leadership Awards announced
17 June, 2009The winners of the 2009 NSW Compost Leadership Awards were announced at the NSW Compost Ball in Orange. The major award, 'Leadership in the Recycled Organics Industry', was won by SITA Environmental Solutions for its new SAWT facility in Kemps Creek, NSW.
