$5.5m to help 22 manufacturers go green
17 May, 2010A food manufacturer, an electroplating company and a manufacturer of sailboat hardware are among the latest businesses to receive a Re-tooling for Climate Change grant to save water or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
$18m to help office buildings go green
13 May, 2010Thirty-nine commercial office buildings around Australia will have their greenhouse gas emissions cut by 30,000 tonnes a year as a result of the latest grants under the Rudd government’s Green Building Fund.
$23m for the nation’s new national waste policy
12 May, 2010Environment Protection Minister Peter Garrett says the government will invest $23 million over five years to deliver Australia’s new landmark National Waste Policy.
Goodbye big tin sheds of yesterday
05 May, 2010GBCA has launched a new Green Star rating tool for industrial facilities to support the sustainable planning, design and construction of high-performance industrial buildings.
Green Jobs plan a welcome investment for our future
05 May, 2010Environment Victoria has welcomed the state government’s Green Jobs Action Plan released by Premier Brumby.
Syngenta Connections program launches first project on water use efficiency in rice
05 May, 2010Syngenta has launched its first Connections program aimed at helping rice growers in North India farm more sustainably by providing skills and tools to use water more efficiently.
Builders claim green win on jobs package
05 May, 2010Victoria’s peak building industry body, the Master Builders Association, says the state government’s Jobs for the Future Economy package will help boost building workforce productivity and reduce housing costs for future Victorian homebuyers.
Green building at grassroots level with new local government task group
05 May, 2010The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has established a new task group to encourage local councils to accelerate the green building agenda.
Climate change adaptation resource
28 April, 2010Resilient and durable infrastructure is predicated on its designers and managers having a solid understanding of the conditions that it will face over its useful life, which is typically from 20 to over 100 years.
New Credit encourages best practice PVC production in Australia
20 April, 2010A new Green Star PVC Credit has been introduced into all Green Star rating tools, following an extensive 18-month review.
Fifth Eco Expo Asia to take place in November
20 April, 2010'Business Solutions to Climate Change' will be the theme of Eco Expo Asia 2010 International Trade Fair on environmental protection, which will take place 3-6 November at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong.
Hybrid cars heralded as the decade’s top global engineering feat
15 April, 2010Australians have identified hybrid cars as the most important global engineering feat of the last decade.
Council climate change alliance to transform Melbourne's northern suburbs
13 April, 2010A local government alliance across Melbourne’s northern suburbs has launched a strategic blueprint - the first of its kind in Australia - for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020.
The link between sustainability and business performance
26 March, 2010 by David Trewin*, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSWThere’s been an exciting shift in sustainability in the past five years - businesses have realised there’s no disconnect between good environmental management and business performance. We help these businesses integrate environmental and other business activities to reap productivity increases and reduced costs - all the while improving our sustainability.
First scheme recognised under new green star assessment framework
23 March, 2010The Carpet Institute of Australia’s Environmental Certification Scheme (ECS) is the first to be recognised under the Green Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA’s) Assessment Framework for Product Certification Schemes.
