Business Enterprise Sustainability Forum at Convention 2014
03 October, 2014Australia's largest engineering event, Convention 2014, is set to feature a half-day forum on enterprise sustainability. Organised by Engineers Australia, the Business Enterprise Sustainability Forum will be held on 27 November from 1-6 pm.
New Zealand road lighting conference returns in 2015
24 September, 2014Road Lighting 2015, to be held from 9-10 March in Auckland, will help New Zealand road lighting authorities learn about LED road lighting developments that could halve the country's road lighting costs.
CSIRO to present at mining conference
22 September, 2014Resourceful Events is this week holding the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC 2014). Held at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre from 22-26 September, the event brings together mining leaders, policymakers, financiers, technical experts, innovators and educators under one roof.
Convention 2014 to include climate change conference
18 September, 2014Engineers Australia is bringing Convention 2014 - said to be the largest engineering event ever held in the Southern Hemisphere - to Melbourne from 24-28 November.
Yarra City Council becomes Australia's first One Planet Council
11 September, 2014Yarra City Council has become the first local government in Australia, and the third in the world, to be officially certified as a One Planet Council by One Planet Living - an internationally recognised benchmark for sustainability.
WorldGBC helps CRC to close the loop
09 September, 2014The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding which will see WorldGBC contribute to CRCLCL's three-year 'Closing the Loop' building project.
Introductory training course on life cycle assessment
08 September, 2014The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has partnered with Edge Environment to provide specialised training in the area of life cycle assessment (LCA), with the aim of increasing industry's understanding and implementation of the subject.
Eco Expo Asia introduces 'theme days'
08 September, 2014Eco Expo Asia, the region's international trade exhibition for green business, serves as a trading platform enabling quality buyers from Asia to connect with green enterprises and government officials.
Aucklanders to use compost as currency this weekend
02 September, 2014This weekend, Aucklanders will be able to exchange a bag of food scraps for goods such as coffee beans, muffins and tee-shirts as part of an initiative by organic waste collection business We Compost.
ARENA delivers first round of R&D funding
27 August, 2014The Australian Government Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $21.5 million funding for 12 solar projects as part of the first round of its Research and Development Program.
Olympus commits to OzHarvest
21 August, 2014Olympus Australia has established a long-term commitment to food charity OzHarvest. The charity was one of two selected by Olympus staff members to be supported by the company.
UN and RMIT strengthen urban sustainability program
11 August, 2014The United Nations Global Compact Cities Programme has received a renewed commitment and investment from RMIT University, which is providing $5 million to the program over five years. The program is the urban component of the Global Compact, which is dedicated to the promotion and adoption by cities of 10 principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
Yingli partner program to raise quality of solar installers
06 August, 2014Yingli Green Energy Australia, the PV module manufacturer known as Yingli Solar, has announced the partner program Yingli4You, which aims to raise the quality benchmark for Australia's solar PV industry.
All-Energy speakers call for changes in the clean energy sector
05 August, 2014Speakers at the upcoming All-Energy Australia conference, to be held in Melbourne from 15-16 October, have claimed that the clean energy sector faces a difficult future unless it embraces transformation and collaboration.
Preparing for climate change makes economic sense
30 July, 2014While the politics of climate change still remains a contentious issue in Australia, with the axing of the carbon tax by the Abbott government, there still remains a significant business risk associated with climate change that cannot be ignored.