Sustainability

Sustainability Archives

SustainabilityTracker app to help users verify sustainability info of brands and products

The Tracker app is designed to give businesses a chance to communicate their environmental efforts without greenwashing.
Step Up, sustainability, recycling, waste-to-energy

CSIRO’s Innovate to Grow program opens to SMEs in clean energy

Scale-ups and start-ups are seen as key to building sovereign supply chains on Australia’s path to a clean energy econom...

From coffee to concrete: Victoria’s innovative pathway project

The team developed a technique to make concrete 30 per cent stronger by using coffee biochar made with a low-energy proc...

Tech start-up RecycleSmart raises $1.15 million as demand for responsible recycling surges

RecycleSmart collects almost everything that cannot be placed in the yellow council bins (including batteries, soft plas...

Energy-saving QBEST program to boost efficiency of Queensland SMEs

Participants in the QBEST program will receive benefits and resources that include professional energy audits and access...

Q&A: Making books more affordable and accessible

An average book has a carbon footprint of ~3kg CO2 plus any overseas shipping, which Ourlit looks to radically decrease.
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Gains and gaps in Australia’s green initiatives revealed

SAP says that extracting value from sustainability data will be key to enabling Australian businesses to prove return on...

Greener collaborate with madre natura to reduce environmental impact of fashion industry

Australia's 144,000 SME fashion retailers create a significant environmental impact, emitting more than 11 millions tonn...

EnergyFlex’s app helping households and businesses embrace renewable energy

"EnergyFlex enables anyone to transform their energy usage into an asset, rather than a liability, by changing the timin...

Young friends’ venture Cinnamon Cove swimming in sustainability

Olivia and Myla plan to partner with an ocean conservation organisation, and were anointed recently as Ocean Youth Ambas...