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Useful websites
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Useful websites
Accreditation and certification
- ACCC Carbon Claims and the TPA Guide
This guide assists businesses in determining the best way to promote themselves.
- Greenhouse Friendly™
The Australian Government's Greenhouse Friendly™ program uses a rigorous certification process to assess that the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production, use and disposal of products and services are fully offset.
- Enterprise Connect
Enterprise Connect’s Innovation Centres and Manufacturing Centres together provide a national network of services and support for eligible small to medium enterprises (SME’s) to access expert, practical advice and support tailored to their individual firms. They provide innovative new and existing businesses with the advanced skills they need to commercialise their products and ideas, including energy efficiency.
Australian Government legislation
Awards for environmental excellence
- Hobart City Council Edward Hall Awards
These annual awards aim to recognise the efforts made by schools, communities and businesses in Southern Tasmania who conserve and protect the environment.
- Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence
The Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence recognise and reward those Tasmanians whose actions enhance, preserve and protect the Tasmanian environment.
- The National Banksia awards
The Banksia Awards aim to raise the profile of the current environmental issues facing Australia and recognise those whose initiatives are an encouragement and an example for others to follow.
Interstate climate change related programs for business
- EcoBiz Queensland
EcoBiz is run by the Queensland Government to assists businesses identify efficiencies in waste, water and energy for financial and environmental benefits.
- Grow me the Money - Victoria
Grow Me The Money is a 12 month online program developed in partnership with the Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Environment Protection Authority Victoria to help small-to-medium sized businesses become more sustainable and save money.
- Resource Smart - Victoria
Resource Smart provides information and tools for Victorian businesses, households, schools and government to assist in reducing the impact of these organisations on the environment.
- Carbon Down - Victoria
Carbon down is a partnership between business and government dedicated to reducing Victoria’s carbon footprint through innovative, practical solutions.
- Sustainability Advantage - NSW
Sustainability Advantage assists NSW businesses with sustainability, identifying ways businesses can benefit from sustainable action and providing a clear path for action.
- Small Business, Big Impact: A Guide to achieving a green bottom line - WA
provide tips on ways a small business can change its operations to reduce the impact on the environment, while also reducing costs and improving profitability
- Business Sustainability Alliance - South Australia
The BSA co-ordinates the delivery of services and information from the South Australian Government to support sustainable business practice.
Procurement of climate change friendly goods and services
- Energy Star
A joint initiative of the Australian Government, and State and Territory Governments, Energy Star is an international standard for energy efficient office equipment including computers, printers and photocopiers, and home electronics such as TVs, audio products and DVD players.
- Energy Rating
The Department of Environment Water Heritage and the Arts administers ‘energyrating.gov.au’, which is Australia’s leading guide to choosing energy efficient appliances.
- Good Environmental Choice
The Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) program provides an environmental mark of recognition for a wide range of products and services as well as voluntary Australian Environmental Labelling Standards.
- Eco-Buy
ECO-Buy, funded by the Department of Sustainability & Environment and Sustainability Victoria, offers a portal to support organisations to ‘green’ their purchasing, providing a wide range of services and resources, including ECO-Find, which is a comprehensive online directory of independently assessed green products and suppliers.
- GreenPages
Green Pages is a subscriber environmental directory and news service.
- Choice Magazine - green
CHOICE Green presents our research and verdicts about lifestyle choices that are billed as more sustainable – from transport options to the food you eat.
Resources for the built environment
- Ecospecifier
Ecospecifier is an online database providing information to the building and construction sector on environmentally friendly products, materials and technologies.
- Green Star rating tools
The Green Building Council of Australia’s Green Star rating system assists the property industry to reduce the environmental impact of buildings, with tools currently available or in development for a variety of sectors, including commercial offices, retail centres, education facilities, health care facilities and public buildings.
- National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS)
The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) is a performance-based rating system for existing buildings, administered by the NSW Government’s Department of Environment and Climate Change. NABERS rates a building on the basis of its measured operational impacts on the environment. NABERS now incorporates the Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR), which has been re-named NABERS OFFICE Energy .
- NatHERS - Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme
NatHERS enables the design of a home to be assessed by skilled professionals using sophisticated computer modeling programs to improve the quality of design and achieve building approvals.
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