Browsing: Good practice, how to

• Ministers seek input on energy use benchmarking
  
• EPHC releases wind farm development guidelines
  
• Sydney development signs to Clinton Climate Initiative

• NSW teams with Climate Group on business climate guide
  
• Garrett makes insulation changes, flags 'name and shame' list
  
• WA seeks input on hazardous waste regulations

• Combet denies $50bn surplus
  
• Bring the RET back and fix it: Milne to Senate
  
• ManheimFowles cuts mains water use by 73%

If you want big wins from sustainability initiatives then trial projects, train staff - and don't just hire one sustainability manager and 'wish them luck', Harvard University's Green Campus director Leith Sharp told a Sydney seminar.

• Food and grocery sector releases sustainability report
  
• DCC seeks input on NGERS methodologies
  
• Victorian inquiry into soil carbon kicks off
  
• 'Coalition plans would turn CPRS surplus to deficit'
  
• 'I'll clear my diary': Boswell to NFF
  
• U.S. Senate bill hearings to begin
  
• SA seeks feedback on new licence structure

• ACF, Climate Institute crunch the numbers on Coalition proposals
  
• Generators seek more details from Coalition
  
• Bond University building wins sustainability award
  
• Tasmania to introduce five star energy efficiency standard

Victorian tannery Rosedale Leather has saved $140,000 so far this year by diverting 100% of its prescribed industrial waste to compost and avoiding expensive landfill levies.

If you want major water conservation wins you need to carefully assess your water use and build momentum, Cadbury's Joe Croke tells CE Daily.

• 'Coal miner dominance skewing the CCS debate', power industry source
  
• Macfarlane not on L-plates in shaping Coalition stance
  
• Tony Blair to the UN – collective action makes the carbon price plunge
  
• Gillard launches new climate group
  
• Carbon price will reduce payback times, energy consultancy says

• Move early to grid-connect geothermal and save millions, study says
  
• Overhaul electricity tariffs, Queensland competition body says
  
• Senate drops climate change inquiry
  
• EPA Victoria teams with freight sector
  
• UK Government urged to use 'procurement muscle'