Coles has signed a 10-year agreement for the maintenance of its supermarkets, Coles Express outlets, liquor stores and distribution centres across Australia. [ + ]

The Emissions Reduction Fund has now secured 189 million tonnes of abatement through 387 contracts. [ + ]

On 11 April, the inaugural meeting of the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) was held in Melbourne. [ + ]

The managing director of Redback Technologies, Philip Livingston, has become the newest member of the Australian Power Institute's (API) board of directors. [ + ]

At the 2017 National Infrastructure Awards, utility company SUEZ received the Operator & Service Provider Excellence Award for its work with Water Corporation at the Perth Seawater Desalination Plant (PSDP). [ + ]

Victoria'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. [ + ]

The inaugural Food Waste Roundtable offers the Turnbull government a chance to discuss its commitment to a National Food Waste Strategy. [ + ]

Innovyz Institute, in collaboration with Green Industries SA, has announced the 10 successful technologies and ideas selected for the company's Waste and Recycling Commercialisation Program. [ + ]

At 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. [ + ]

Researchers from Flinders University are testing a natural extraction technique for low-grade copper, known as supergene enrichment, for its potential to maximise recovery rates and extend mine life. [ + ]

Infratech Industries, in collaboration with the University of Newcastle, has launched an 'energy on demand' system that overcomes the predictability and environmental issues that currently plague existing renewable energy and storage solutions. [ + ]

The tricky and expensive task of accessing knowledge on rehabilitating and preparing to close mining sites has been eased by an online resource developed by University of Queensland scientists and Central Queensland coal mine rehabilitation experts. [ + ]

Renewable energy business Redback Technologies has welcomed two injections of funding totalling $1.96 million from the Queensland Government, which will be used to further advance technology developments. [ + ]

The majority of experts surveyed for a study on the future of the world's energy supply consider a global transition to 100% renewable energy to be both feasible and realistic. [ + ]

Victoria's water sector is embracing gender diversity with the inaugural Women in Water event, held recently in Traralgon and attended by over 150 women from across the local industry. [ + ]