Sustainability

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced a new $40 million investment to provide discounted finance for the retail Green Car Loan offered by Australian non-bank lender Firstmac to boost electric vehicle uptake in Australia. 

The Albanese government announced the successful recipients of the Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation grant program, which will share over $108 million in funding, to meet the strong demand for timber products.

The sixth edition of the Asia Pacific’s advanced manufacturing event, Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP) 2023, is returning to Singapore EXPO from 18 to 20 October, with a focus on digitalisation and sustainability in advanced manufacturing. 

Graphitic materials provider First Graphene said it is slated to begin one of the world’s largest-scale trials of graphene-enhanced green cement in June. 

A group of researchers from the University of Sydney have successfully biodegraded a commonly used and hard-to-recycle plastic, called Polypropylene, using two strains of fungi. 

Novalith Technologies, the creator of a novel lithium extraction process that uses carbonated water in place of sulphuric acid, has raised $23 million in Series A funding to scale up and commercialise its lithium production. 

Lanotec, a manufacturer of high-performance products to protect and maintain commercial, industrial, and recreational assets, is commemorating its 25th anniversary with the introduction of new environmentally friendly product lines for a variety of commercial and residential applications.

Snacks and treats manufacturer Mars Wrigley Australia announced an extra $28.8 million investment at its Ballarat factory to bolster its local innovation and manufacturing capabilities, building on more than $67 million invested since 2021.

In an effort to address the need and demand for more sustainable manufacturing as well as more robust and flexible supply chains in a strategically, financially, and environmentally beneficial way, ongoing collaborations between additive manufacturing technology developers and practitioners are paving the way.

Australian independent regional and domestic airline Regional Express (Rex) has announced an investment in Dovetail Electric Aviation, the company pioneering the conversion of turbine-powered aircraft to electric, emission-free propulsion.