Tag: sustainability
Consumer goods companies target halving food waste by 2025
Up to one-third of food produced globally for human consumption is being wasted and ends up inflicting environmental and social damage, states a 2013...
New hybrid solar plant to be built at Australian copper mine
An AUS$40 million solar project in Western Australia is due to commence construction shortly, after renewable energy developer juwi Group confirmed it will begin...
Octillion gets ARENA funding to work on advanced lithium-ion battery storage solutions
Thanks to a $6.3 million investment by the Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund, supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), Brisbane based Octillion...
Prototype wave power unit to be installed off the coast of Port Fairy in...
Sydney-based renewable energy technology company BioPower Systems (BPS) has completed the construction of its prototype wave power unit to be installed off the coast of Port Fairy,...
OPTrust, GE, Downer, Partners Group and RES to deliver Australia’s 3rd largest wind farm
Canada's OPTrust, GE, Downer, Partners Group and British company Renewable Energy Systems (RES) will finance a 25-year wind farm project, the third biggest in...
RET finally passed – new legislation to unlock $40bn of investment and create over...
The stalemate over the passing of the renewable energy target (RET) has finally ended. Legislation to cut the RET has passed Federal Parliament, with...
SoftBank and Foxconn team up with Bharti to form $20bn solar venture in India
Japanese operator Softbank and Taiwan-based iPhone assembler Foxconn Technology Group have formed a three-way joint venture with one of India's leading business groups, Bharti Enterprises,...
GE signs deal with TerraForm Global to boost international wind growth
GE announced a $25 million investment in US renewables pace-setter SunEdison yieldco, TerraForm Global.
The investment marks GE as the first wind manufacturer included in...
Kimberly-Clark releases 2014/15 Sustainability Progress Report
Kimberly-Clark Australia & New Zealand has released its 2014/15 Sustainability Progress Report highlighting the company’s progress against its sustainability efforts within its People, Planet...
Downer EDI wins $130m wind farm project
Engineering and infrastructure company Downer EDI has announced that it has been awarded a $130 million contract for work on a new wind farm...
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