The South Australian Government has promised to spend $3.6 million to help Adelaide become the world's first carbon-neutral city, saying the commitment will boost the local economy. [ + ]

Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand has been launched in order to make cities in the region more liveable, workable and sustainable. [ + ]

The importance of the food industry to Australia's economic future is being recognised in the grant space, with a number of grant opportunities at both the federal and state level on offer. [ + ]

The Responsible Construction Leadership Group and the Australian Constructors Association's Sustainability Working Group recently brought key construction players, site shed manufacturers and the NSW Government together to discuss adopting industry-wide sustainability standards for temporary site accommodation. [ + ]

Icon Water will this year commence a major capital investment into both of Canberra's water treatment plants, which will see the upgrade of their disinfection systems for the water supply of the ACT and the region. [ + ]

Redback Technologies has partnered with AllGrid Energy, an Indigenous renewable technology company, in order to address energy reliability issues facing Australia's remote communities. [ + ]

Veolia Water Technologies this week held its Think Tank Asia 2 seminar at ESSEC Business School's Asia–Pacific campus in Singapore. [ + ]

Tung Nguyen has joined consulting company Arup as its Australasia process leader, a role in which he will lead the company's work with water and wastewater treatment facilities in the region. [ + ]

As part of the World Water Congress & Exhibition, the IWA and the Australian Water Partnership will convene government and business leaders, NGOs, scientists and international organisations to the global Water Scarcity and Drought Summit. [ + ]

Emerson Process Management is replacing an outdated SCADA system and remote terminal units (RTUs) used throughout Hampton Roads Sanitation District's (HRSD) vast wastewater collection system. [ + ]

Thousands of clean and renewable industry experts are expected to attend this year's All-Energy Australia Exhibition and Conference, taking place from 4–5 October. [ + ]

Seven councils in the Northern Inland region of NSW will benefit from the installation of newly installed energy-efficient street lighting under a project coordinated by Regional Development Australia Northern Inland (RDANI) and funded by the Australian Government. [ + ]

Waste Summit 2016, held as part of Waste Expo from 4–5 October, is a free-to-attend conference on waste management and resource recovery. [ + ]

As part of South Australia's 2016–17 Budget, the solid waste levy will increase from $62 per tonne to $103 per tonne by 2019–20. [ + ]

The Bondi Wastewater Treatment Plant is now producing enough renewable energy from waste to power 100% of the plant. [ + ]