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The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative is seeking consultation on its recently released Claims Code of Practice. The Code is being…

The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust is actively seeking to enter co-investment partnerships with corporations, giving businesses the opportunity…

Regulation is likely in the next five years, but Australia doesn’t even have an agreed system to measure the carbon used in constructing buildings.

Uniting Communities’ U City has become the first building in South Australia to achieve Carbon Neutral Building Certification and a 5 Star Green Star Performance Rating via the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and the Australian Government’s Climate Active Program.

A CHOICE survey reveals that consumers are taking notice of carbon credentials – and they can influence purchase decisions. But how reliable are they?

Affordable, versatile, durable and easy to maintain - no wonder concrete is the most consumed substance on the planet, after water. This omnipresent material undeniably has laid solid grounds for modern civilization and its production is expected to grow to 5.5 billion tons by 2050 - particularly as 60% of the built environment that will be around then is yet to be built.

Concrete is the most omnipresent man-made material on Earth - and its environmental impact is just as far-reaching. Holcim Australia, a leading supplier of aggregates, concrete, and concrete pipe and products, recognises the importance of their sustainability agenda in reducing the industry’s footprint. Here, Holcim’s Head of Sustainability, Cyril Giraud, explains why transparency is such an important pillar of Holcim’s sustainability agenda - and strong sense of responsibility one of its ...

Practitioners are assisting clients to meet their international obligations with regards to the environment. This is in response to the perception of heightened risk in regards to the impact of clima

Australians with a taste for non-alcoholic beer now have another choice, and this one has been certified as carbon neutral - Fourex Zero.

Coles said last week it will use ACCUs to offer a carbon-neutral beef line, but a prominent critic and designer of the offsets scheme says the instruments are flawed.