Business News Dec 2008

Premier's Sustainability Awards call for creativity

The 2009 Premier's Sustainability Awards are now taking submissions for sustainable practices in business and community, with a new award category for the Built Environment included.
Sustainability Victoria supporting geothermal pilot

Sustainability Victoria is piloting Direct Use Geothermal Energy as part of its commitment to increase the generation and use of renewable energy in Victoria.
Environmental and social labelling on the agenda

The ACCC reported a more than tenfold increase in consumer complaints about false or misleading environmental claims in the past year.
Kerbside is best practice

The Best Practice Kerbside Recycling Program, which ran in 2007-08, was recently reviewed, with findings indicating that it resulted in environmental benefits equivalent to removing more than 5,000 cars from the road each year.

The only way is Down

VECCI and Sustainability Victoria are working together to deliver the $10 million State Government funded Carbon Down program. The program will help small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) reduce their carbon footprint.
Regional Victoria increases resource recovery

Sustainability Victoria recently joined with local government and regional waste management groups to celebrate the opening of resource recovery projects in regional Victoria that will have positive outcomes for the environment and the community.
Fly through Sustainability Victoria's office space

Sustainability Victoria has launched an online virtual tour of its office space at Level 28, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.
Developing partnerships for packaging project

Sustainability Victoria has received almost $1.9 million of funding from the National Packaging Covenant (NPC) to divert an additional 50,000 tonnes of recyclable packaging from landfill by May 2010.