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How Ocius’ Bluebottles use green power to patrol the oceans
Chief executive Robert Dane takes pride in his innovative, “disruptively cheap”, all-Australian craft, which wins Ocius Technology the Schneider Electric Sustainable Technology Award.
How Trump’s tariffs may halve cost of Synertec’s low-carbon generator
The Melbourne-based engineering company wins the Sustainability Leaders award in the professional services, engineering, advisory and health category.
Heavy trucks hit the switch to a net-zero future
Battery packs fit on the side of prime movers instead of diesel fuel tanks which can help reduce wear and tear on trucks.
How this partnership makes carbon accounting easy for all
Xero, the winner of the Sustainability Leaders list in the banking, superannuation and financial services category, is helping businesses small and large calculate their carbon footprint.
Lithium chemical innovation helps EVs become more sustainable
Vulcan Energy’s V-LION, the first lithium chemical to be produced without the use of fossil fuels, has won the Sustainability Leaders award for resources, energy and utilities.
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Pathzero reinforces green credentials for asset managers
Pathzero has developed the largest private markets emissions data network globally, and wins the small organisation category in the Sustainability Leaders list.
How socks sparked a recycling revolution
Upparel has won the Sustainability Leaders award for the manufacturing and consumer goods category for changing the concept of textile recycling in Australia.
Team Global Express takes out top prize with ‘depot of the future’
The logistics group snares the top Sustainability Leaders award for its project rolling out the world’s largest trial of electric trucks.
The recycling firm keeping Australia’s secrets safe
Destroying devices that hold Australia’s secrets is big business for WV Technologies, which wins the Sustainability Leaders’ retail, media, tourism and technology category.
No more waiting: Let’s build the future together
The Financial Review Sustainability Leaders list celebrates companies embracing sustainable solutions to create both environmental and economic benefits.
How we chose this year’s Sustainability Leaders winners
Judges took special notice of environmental and social impact, technological innovation, strong company culture and stakeholder engagement.
The robot farm that allows producers to ‘play god’
Stacked Farm’s vertical farming initiative has won the Financial Review Sustainability Leaders agriculture and environment category, as well as being the overall winner for innovation.
Getting ahead of the curve to pull building industry higher
The Green Building Council of Australia has won the Sustainability Leaders award for property and construction for its push to lift building standards.
July 2024
Showing the way: Major brands embrace new recycling symbols
Making it easier for households to recycle packaging for food and consumer goods has won Australasian Recycling Labels a special award for Education Enabler.
Transport needs to avoid becoming the nation’s biggest emitter
Without dramatic changes, this may be the last industry to decarbonise. Aurizon, the winner of the Logistics and Transport category, aims to change that with its electric locomotive.
This trailblazer turns destructive weed into a replacement for coal
Biomass Projects has plans to build the world’s largest biochar production on a 225,000-hectare Pilbara plot that is overrun with mesquite.
‘Everyone wins’: Financing renewables at scale
Brighte looks to boost the renewables transition through its ‘one-stop shop’ model, winning the Banking and Financial Services category.
Ideas to solve the next big climate challenges
Winners of the Sustainability Leaders list are pushing the boundaries of innovation, writes Rebecca Russell.
New tools democratise greenhouse gas management
A digital marketplace for companies with smaller carbon footprints to buy offsets has taken out the Technology category.
How Sustainability Leaders entrants were assessed
Submissions came from ASX20 companies and multinationals, early-stage ventures and public institutions, and were scored against four measurements.
Orica crowned Australia’s most sustainable company for Impact
The explosives manufacturer is recognised for completing the biggest emissions abatement project in the Australian chemicals sector as it takes out the 2024 Sustainability Leaders award.
How Amcor gave us guilt-free cream cheese
Soft plastics are piling up in warehouses around Australia. Amcor says it has a solution, taking out the Manufacturing category.
Customers love this cool solution to getting rid of old fridges
Winning Group brand Appliances Online has stopped 80,000 tonnes of electronics and appliances from being dumped in landfill, earning the company top spot in the Retail category.
A farming revolution built on down-to-earth thinking
Increasing carbon levels in grazing lands could remove 10 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere says the winner of the Agriculture category.
How to get to net zero with recycled building rubbish
Nu-Rock founder Maroun Rahme says reusing waste products could deliver Australia its net-zero target by 2030 as the company takes out the Property and Construction category.