Tag Archives: Business
At our meeting on September 8, Richard Collins, managing editor of WME media, told us about the six sins of greenwash, and how to keep promotions on the right side. “GreenWashing”, making misleading or false claims about the environmental benefits of a product or service, is being clamped down on by ACCC and other industry bodies. For 20 years WME Media has published the monthly WME – Environment Business magazine, the country’s leading forum for opinion and industry discussion around water, waste, energy and corporate sustainability. The company also publishes the online daily Environmental Management News.net; and Inside Waste magazine, … Continue Reading
At our August 25 meeting, we discussed purchasing products made from recycled materials – a simple step businesses can take to reduce their environmental impact and support recycling systems. Lyndall McKernan from the Buy Recycled Business Alliance (BRBA) highlighted the importance of ‘buying recycled’ and provided an overview of Australia’s first national Recycled Product Directory (see www.brba.com.au) developed as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for anyone looking to source recycled products – ranging from furniture and stationery products through to hardware and packaging materials. The Buy Recycled Business Alliance (BRBA ) is a national not-for-profit alliance of organisations united by a commitment to … Continue Reading
On August 11, our meeting discussed how business enterprises will benefit from rethinking their processes in an economy, which must consider finite natural resources and the need to strive for a sustainable future. Helen Weston gave a talk about how to understand the new government policies, including the new carbon pollution reduction scheme and what these policies mean for small businesses. Helen has a broad business background and is applying her experience to the development of methods of reducing the cost and optimising the business opportunities of carbon reduction strategies and sustainability practices.
At our GreenBiz Café meeting on 28th July 2008, industry expert Zaidee Jackson, talked about how printing affects our carbon footprint and why choosing a green printer makes a difference.
Our first GreenBiz Café meeting was held on 14th July 2008. The topic for the night was: What’s involved in starting and growing a green or renewable business. Join Alistair Duncan (Eco Living Centre), Don Pyke (Ecolimo Australia Pty Ltd) and Mary Hendriks (Aussie Renewables), offered their insights. The talk was followed by informal discussions with the panel. This is the first meeting of the new group.
How a small business is using rooftop gardens to solve heating, cooling and pollution problems in cities.
Jerry Greenfield tells how a small icecream parlour become a successful franchise chain through a policy of social and environmental activism.
The Timberland CEO, Jeffrey Swartz, talks about how his company pioneered profitable green business practices.
Since the days after his graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology as an industrial engineer, Ray Anderson has applied his entrepreneurial spirit to building one of the world’s largest interior furnishings companies. After founding the Interface carpet company in 1973, Ray and his company revolutionized the commercial floorcovering industry by producing America’s first free-lay carpet tiles. Now, Ray has embarked on a mission to “be the first company that, by its deeds, shows the entire industrial world what sustainability is in all its dimensions: People, process, product, place and profits — by 2020 — and in doing so, to … Continue Reading
See how a small business like a bakery can succeed by focusing on the environmental impact of its business and products.
Videos
Renewables News- New Aussie Technology to Clean Polluted WaterScientists from Deakin University, together with French colleagues, say that they have manufactured a lightweight and reusable material that can absorb up to 33 times its weight in a wide range of spilt oils, chemical solvents and dyes, while repelling … Continue Reading → […]
- Aussie Researchers Make Efficient Solar Cells from Low-grade SiliconResearchers at the University of New South Wales have found a way to make very high efficiency solar cells out of cheap, low-grade silicon. It has been known for several decades that hydrogen atoms can be introduced into the atomic … Continue Reading → […]
- First Aussie “Hot Rocks” Power Plant Begins ProducingThe first power plant in Australia to produce electricity using an enhanced geothermal ("hot rocks") system has begun producing electricity in the far north-east of South Australia. The one-megawatt Habanero pilot plant near outback Innamincka is operated by Geodynamics. Geodynamics … Continue Reading → […]
- New Aussie Technology to Clean Polluted Water
