The distinctive shade of AAMI red could soon take on a green hue as the insurer unveils its environmental management practices, in the company’s Corporate Transparency Report.

Entries are now being accepted for Innovic’s Next Big Thing Award 2008.

Contamination Control has merged with Davey Pumps in New Zealand to form a new business now known as Davey Water Products Ltd.

Thiess Pty Ltd is turning the wheels on tyre wastage by increasing the average tyre life of its Off Highway Truck (OHT) tyres in the 240 tonne truck class.

Development of the first hybrid battery suitable for storing electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is now a step closer, according to CSIRO and Cleantech Ventures.

A range of biologically-based products — from speciality chemicals to biodegradable plastics and packaging materials produced from plants instead of petroleum — offers new opportunities for Australian farmers.

If an office halved its waste from two wheelie bins to one each week, it would save more than four tonnes or 2100 wheelie bins of greenhouse gas emissions. Clean Up Australia is urging businesses to take up the challenge on 26 February.

Two Australian research centres are joining their forces in a radical approach to biofilm control.

Solar Systems and the Australian Government will jointly fund commercialisation of Solar Systems’ baseload solar power technology, according to Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources Ian Macfarlane.

The Sustainable Built Environments 2007 conference will explore the latest theories on green buildings and sustainability, and how they are being put into practice.

Recent changes in the local steel industry have brought on a change in the education of steel can recycling, according to the Steel Can Recycling Council Inc (SCRC).

Western Australia will need up to 400,000 additional workers over the next decade to sustain its resources boom, according to a report from the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).

Investa Property Group and Stockland Corporation are working with the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering at the University of Sydney to understand the barriers to achieving better energy performance for existing office buildings.

Waste tyre recycling company Reclaim Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a joint venture agreement with Chinese investor Shou Zhuo.

Orica Watercare’s Remediation business has been awarded the prestigious Technology and Innovation Award for the Landguard technology at the annual Agribusiness Awards for Excellence.