Sustainability

A housing development fit for a prince

20 November, 2015

Prince Charles has wound up his Australian tour, but not before turning the first sod on what is said to be Australia's most sustainable housing development.


Addressing shortfalls in Australian building processes

20 November, 2015

Australia needs to adopt a new attitude towards high-performance buildings if we are to catch up with the rest of the developed world, according to building products company CSR.


National Energy Efficiency Conference highlights

19 November, 2015

The National Energy Efficiency Conference enabled over 300 efficiency leaders, innovators, energy users and policymakers to come together to hear, debate and analyse the latest Australian and global thinking about maximising productivity by saving energy.


EPS — ban it, recycle it or price it?

19 November, 2015 by Mike Ritchie, Director, MRA Consulting Group | Supplied by: MRA Consulting Group

New York City's decision to ban single-use polystyrene foam containers and packaging was recently overturned by the Supreme Court. So did the Big Apple get it wrong, or was the idea of a ban just poorly implemented?


2015 Banksia Sustainability Awards announced

18 November, 2015

The winners of the 2015 Banksia Sustainability Awards have been announced, with the prestigious Banksia Gold Sustainability Award going to South Australian small business Kalleske Wines.


PIAA calls on the print industry to go green

16 November, 2015

National Recycling Week may have ended for another year, but the Printing Industries Association of Australia believes that's no excuse for the printing community to stop looking for ways to reduce its environmental footprint.


Fair trade, not 'aid'

09 November, 2015 by Dr Kaushik Sridhar, Manager, Corporate Citizenship, KPMG* | Supplied by: KPMG Australia

While fair trade has its advocates and sceptics, its aim is generating and producing positive impacts and benefits for producers in the developing and developed world.


QUT's award-winning idea to feed the world

09 November, 2015

Queensland University of Technology has been proclaimed the winner of the Wiley Genesis Award as part of the 2015 Global Business Challenge — a competition to design sustainable solutions to feed the world.


New papers examine Australia's weird weather

06 November, 2015

The annual extremes issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society features five papers focusing on Australia's changing climate throughout 2014.


Commonwealth Bank's new sustainability policies

05 November, 2015

Commonwealth Bank has announced new and updated environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices that support the bank's efforts to make a positive impact through the way it does business.


Schneider Electric's climate commitment pledge

03 November, 2015

Energy management company Schneider Electric has issued a climate commitment pledge in line with the American Business Act on Climate.


Wine that 'doesn't cost the earth'

03 November, 2015

Yealands Family Wines in Marlborough, New Zealand, has introduced an aromatic white blend called the Yealands Estate Land Made PGR (Pinot gris, Gewürztramier and Riesling) from its carboNZeroCert winery.


Wellington team wins Climathon

03 November, 2015

A start-up company supported by Victoria University of Wellington has beaten teams from all over the world to win the international Climathon competition.


A bright idea: turning food waste into LEDs

29 October, 2015

University of Utah researchers have found a way to make LEDs even more sustainable than they already are — by creating them from food and beverage waste.


Water infrastructure projects support Melbourne's northern suburbs

29 October, 2015

Lisa Neville has announced two landmark projects in Melbourne's northern suburbs that will help support the growing communities in the area.


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