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Australian orgs partner to speed circular economy

04 December, 2024

GS1 Australia has joined forces with the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence to drive the development of sustainable practices across industries in Australia.


Funding boost to cut cotton industry's emissions

29 November, 2024

The funding support hopes to enable Australia to become the preferred international supplier of low-emissions fibre.


SA cemetery transforms ashes into flowers

11 November, 2024

As part of its Environmental Sustainability Plan, Centennial Park is offering sustainable living memorials in partnership with Living Legacy.


COP29: finance, a "crucial" opportunity and a seat at the table

08 November, 2024

Leaders and diplomats from around the world are descending on Baku, Azerbaijan, this month for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29).


Strengthening the sustainability of Rubus berry production

25 September, 2024

Hort Innovation and Lifecycles are embarking on a life cycle assessment project for the Australian raspberry and blackberry (Rubus) industry.


RMIT program for sustainable building design and construction

05 September, 2024

RMIT has launched a suite of vocational education skill sets to prepare the local building design and construction workforces for the clean economy future.


Agrivoltaics — key to reaching net zero?

05 September, 2024

Macquarie University researchers led the first workshop in NSW to advance investigation into the adoption of agrivoltaics in the race to net zero.


Scaling up critical minerals processing to meet green energy demands

04 September, 2024 by Stephen Beamond and Damian Pianta

Demand for critical minerals for green energy is set to quadruple in the next five years — find out how demonstration plants can play a role in scaling up the processing.


Navigating asset transitions for a sustainable and equitable future

01 September, 2024 by Michelle Kiejda, Technical Director — Environment and Closure Planning, GHD

Closing major assets like power stations or mines can profoundly impact local communities. Companies need to navigate these transitions thoughtfully.


IMARC 2024: the global mining and resources event is back

30 August, 2024

Energy transition and decarbonisation will be under discussion at IMARC, which is being held at ICC Sydney from 29–31 October 2024.


Master Builders releases sustainability report

15 August, 2024

Master Builders Australia has released its first annual report on the progress made so far towards its Building and Construction Industry Sustainability Goals 2050.


Mettler-Toledo achieves carbon neutral status for the 5th year

30 July, 2024

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection achieves carbon neutral status for the fifth consecutive year, and is also on track to achieve its goal of sending zero waste to landfill by 2025.


Three things climate reporting will never do

24 July, 2024 by Tess Ariotti, Lead Consultant — Salterbaxter

Corporate reporting is designed to increase transparency and accountability, but the act of reporting alone will not make your business any more resilient to climate change.


Graph-based digital twins to underpin Australia's future sustainability reporting

24 July, 2024 by Peter Philipp, General Manager – ANZ at Neo4j

With mandatory and "high-ambition" ESG reporting requirements on the horizon, organisations need a way to collect big data and bring it together.


Don't let AI initiatives cancel out sustainability goals

17 July, 2024 by Aaron White, General Manager and Vice President, Nutanix APJ

Sustainability and AI may appear to be on a collision course, but recent advances in data centre infrastructure can help deliver net zero ambitions while enabling AI.


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