Save Food Packaging Award winners at Interpack 2017
27 April, 2017The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is heading to Interpack 2017, to be held from 4–10 May, where it will showcase the Save Food Packaging Award winners for Australia and New Zealand.
Share your success to win a Victorian Premier's Sustainability Award
12 April, 2017Victoria's sustainability leaders are being urged to enter this year's Premier's Sustainability Awards and to share their insights with people, organisations and companies across the state.
Sydney Water awarded for keeping wipes out of pipes
11 April, 2017At the Mumbrella CommsCon Awards, Sydney Water received trophies for the Best Government Sponsored PR Campaign of the Year and the Best Corporate Social Responsibility PR Campaign of the Year for the 'Keep wipes out of pipes' campaign.
Solar-powered street lamp wins sustainability challenge
23 March, 2017Engineering student Zheng Sibo has won Unitec Institute of Technology's latest sustainability challenge thanks to his design for a solar-powered street lamp.
Efficient pallet wrapper wins PIDA award
21 March, 2017The award-winning Omni Pallet Wrapping Solution has the ability to reduce the amount of film used to wrap a pallet by over 50%.
Deadline extended for Water Abundance XPRIZE
16 March, 2017Tata Group, Australian Aid and XPRIZE are encouraging Australian innovators to enter the Water Abundance XPRIZE — a US$1.75 million global competition to harvest fresh water from the atmosphere.
2017 Go Green in the City challenge launched
03 March, 2017Schneider Electric has launched the seventh edition of Go Green in the City, its annual challenge for business and engineering students all over the world.
Award-winning filtration system removes arsenic from groundwater
28 February, 2017A low-cost project to remove arsenic and deliver safe and clean drinking water has won a $500,000 Technology Against Poverty prize.
Veena Sahajwalla awarded India's Jubilee Chair
23 February, 2017Waste innovator Veena Sahajwalla has become the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Jubilee Professorship by the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Global challenge to extract water out of thin air
30 January, 2017The Australian Government is partnering with XPRIZE and Tata Group to run the Water Abundance XPRIZE — an open challenge to use technology to improve affordable access to clean water in high-humidity areas where water is currently unavailable or inaccessible.
Deakin VC awarded Order of Australia
27 January, 2017Deakin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander has been honoured with an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) medal in recognition of her distinguished service to tertiary education, professional educational organisations and the community.
Pressure sewer project wins industry award
16 December, 2016South East Water's Peninsula ECO project has received a top industry award in recognition of its approach to customer engagement.
Fed Square awarded for carbon neutrality
09 December, 2016Melbourne's Federation Square took home the Sustainability & Environmental Impact Award at the 2016 FM (Facilities Management) Industry Awards for Excellence.
John West takes gold at Banksia Sustainability Awards
02 December, 2016Australia's increasing appetite for sustainability was highlighted at the 2016 Banksia Sustainability Awards, won by John West Australia.
Wastewater station upgrade wins public works award
29 November, 2016A project to upgrade the City of Logan's largest wastewater pump station has been recognised at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland (IPWEAQ) Excellence Awards.
