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Ninety per cent of Australian consumers want sustainable products
Sep 10, 2020 · Nine in 10 Australian consumers are more likely to purchase ethical and sustainable products according to a new research, with the survey also revealing that 85 per cent of consumers want retailers and brands to be more transparent about the sustainability of …
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A Lithium Valley in Western Australia could power the world
May 24, 2018 · The report – Lithium Valley: Establishing the case for energy metals and battery manufacturing in Western Australia – says WA is home to the world’s most accessible abundance of energy metals, including lithium, cobalt, vanadium, tin, tantalum, nickel, manganese, magnesium and rare earths – essential components in batteries and other renewable tech.
Interview: Pollination’s Martijn Wilder - The Fifth Estate
Mar 10, 2022 · In 2019 he founded Pollination, a specialist climate change advisory and investment firm with an initial $18 million in seed capital.In his spare time, Wilder is president of WWF-Australia and chair of the NSW Climate Change Council. He helped establish and later chair the federal government’s Low Carbon Australia finance body.
Burwood Brickworks achieves world-first sustainability rating
Apr 27, 2021 · How a Melbourne shopping centre became the most sustainable in the world . The Burwood Brickworks residential and shopping precinct in Melbourne, which opened over a year ago, has become the first retail centre to achieve the globally-renowned – and difficult – Living Building Challenge (LBC) Petal Certification for sustainability.
Deforestation: how does Australia fare in global comparisons?
Mar 28, 2023 · From 2001 to 2021, Australia lost 8.73Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 21 per cent decrease in tree cover since 2000, and 2.40Gt of CO?e emissions, according to Global Forest Watch. You can view the full report here.. While Australia’s deforestation rate is concerning, the 2015-2020 figures represent a 33 per cent reduction on the 626,200 hectares that was cleared between 1990 and 2000.