Browsing: Good practice, how to

• Combet moves early to rein in solar PV support
  
• WA miners release environment code for exploration work
  
• Qantas appoints new carbon offset supplier
  
• NSW tightens grant rules after losing $425,000 to wound-up company
  
• Australian Services Union issues green guide

The fact that this year's global CO₂ emissions will again be the highest on record is all the proof you need that companies don't really believe in the rhetoric of corporate social responsibility, says Ecos Corporation founder Paul Gilding.

Organisations must take crucial preliminary steps before they adopt energy- and water-saving targets, according to Pete Dormand, Newcastle City Council's manager of environment and climate change services.

A Sydney metal electroplating company has slashed its water use by 89% after introducing innovative technology that enables it to recycle the rinse water it uses in its production process.

• Hazardous Waste Act review on the way
  
• NSW deems more wastes suitable for re-use
  
• Woolworths among WA Environment Award winners

Gold miner Newcrest is reaping the rewards of an integrated system designed to ensure compliance with the environmental approval, licensing and permit requirements that apply to its Australian and international operations.

Australia's 200 largest energy users have found ways to cut demand by an average of 8.3%, while almost 40 of them have identified fast-payback savings of at least 20%, according to results from the Energy Efficiency Opportunities program released by Energy Minister Martin Ferguson (with examples).

NAB achieved its new status as one of Australia's largest carbon neutral companies partly by spending $6.5 million on trigeneration, while building improvements provided most of the 'first wave' energy efficiency gains, says the bank's head of sustainability, Trevor Moore.

• Coal gasification plant submits revised bid for approval
  
• Change the NEM rules: Pac Hydro
  
• 'Emerging technologies caught in 'Catch-22''
  
• Sydney City Council seeks help with green retrofits
  
• Energy Networks Association issues smart grid strategy
  
• Transpacific fined for poor landfill practices

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