The Greens' plan for 90% renewables by 2030
26 November, 2015The Australian Greens have released their plan to ensure that, by 2030, Australia's energy generation is at least 90% renewable and twice as efficient as today.
GBCA CEO wins International Leadership Award
25 November, 2015Romilly Madew, the CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), has been honoured with an International Leadership Award.
Plants-to-fuel project wins IChemE design prize
23 November, 2015Engineering students from Imperial College London have won the IChemE 2015 Macnab-Lacey Student Design Prize, awarded annually to the student design project that best shows how the principles of chemical engineering practice can contribute to a more sustainable world.
A housing development fit for a prince
20 November, 2015Prince Charles has wound up his Australian tour, but not before turning the first sod on what is said to be Australia's most sustainable housing development.
Addressing shortfalls in Australian building processes
20 November, 2015Australia needs to adopt a new attitude towards high-performance buildings if we are to catch up with the rest of the developed world, according to building products company CSR.
National Energy Efficiency Conference highlights
19 November, 2015The National Energy Efficiency Conference enabled over 300 efficiency leaders, innovators, energy users and policymakers to come together to hear, debate and analyse the latest Australian and global thinking about maximising productivity by saving energy.
EPS — ban it, recycle it or price it?
19 November, 2015 by Mike Ritchie, Director, MRA Consulting Group | Supplied by: MRA Consulting Group
New York City's decision to ban single-use polystyrene foam containers and packaging was recently overturned by the Supreme Court. So did the Big Apple get it wrong, or was the idea of a ban just poorly implemented?
2015 Banksia Sustainability Awards announced
18 November, 2015The winners of the 2015 Banksia Sustainability Awards have been announced, with the prestigious Banksia Gold Sustainability Award going to South Australian small business Kalleske Wines.
PIAA calls on the print industry to go green
16 November, 2015National Recycling Week may have ended for another year, but the Printing Industries Association of Australia believes that's no excuse for the printing community to stop looking for ways to reduce its environmental footprint.
Fair trade, not 'aid'
09 November, 2015 by Dr Kaushik Sridhar, Manager, Corporate Citizenship, KPMG* | Supplied by: KPMG AustraliaWhile fair trade has its advocates and sceptics, its aim is generating and producing positive impacts and benefits for producers in the developing and developed world.
QUT's award-winning idea to feed the world
09 November, 2015Queensland University of Technology has been proclaimed the winner of the Wiley Genesis Award as part of the 2015 Global Business Challenge — a competition to design sustainable solutions to feed the world.
New papers examine Australia's weird weather
06 November, 2015The annual extremes issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society features five papers focusing on Australia's changing climate throughout 2014.
Commonwealth Bank's new sustainability policies
05 November, 2015Commonwealth Bank has announced new and updated environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices that support the bank's efforts to make a positive impact through the way it does business.
Schneider Electric's climate commitment pledge
03 November, 2015Energy management company Schneider Electric has issued a climate commitment pledge in line with the American Business Act on Climate.
Wine that 'doesn't cost the earth'
03 November, 2015
Yealands Family Wines in Marlborough, New Zealand, has introduced an aromatic white blend called the Yealands Estate Land Made PGR (Pinot gris, Gewürztramier and Riesling) from its carboNZeroCert winery.
