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Advertisement: Department of Industry and Science – Senior Energy Efficiency Officer
Department of Industry and Science Senior Energy Efficiency Officer Energy Division Job Title: Senior Energy Efficiency Officer Division: Energy Branch: Energy Productivity Section: Commercial Buildings Team Job Type: Ongoing, Full-time Salary: $74,196 – $83,488 Classification: APS Level 6 Location: Canberra – ACT Reference No: 056/1516WC Closing date: Friday, 28 August 2015 Job Description The Commercial […]
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Advertisement: Manager, Waste Strategy
$128,454 pa plus superannuation Performance Based Contract – 3 years Option to apply for 19 day month working arrangement This is an exciting, unique and career changing opportunity to make your mark at one of Australia’s premier local government areas. With a strong foundation of environmental master plans, projects and programs, the City of Sydney […]
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Dexus: Senior Sustainability Manager
opportunity for a passionate and inspired Sustainability professional to join the Dexus Investor Relations, Communications and Sustainability team as Senior Sustainability Manager over a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.
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Dexus and Fortescue lead ASX with science-based, Scope 3 inclusive, net zero strategies
ClimateWorks’ latest report found that of 30 ASX-listed companies assessed, only Dexus and Fortescue met their science-backed, globally aligned criteria for limiting warming to 1.5 degrees.
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Jobs News: Chris Cormack joins Discover Energy, Investa adds big names to funds boards and more job news
AGL and AEMO veteran Chris Cormack will help drive the transition to distributed energy resources. Investa continues its leadership reshuffle with the board appointments of Jennifer Lambert and Rebecca McGrath.
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Australia leads GRESB’s real asset ESG rankings for 11th straight year
Local companies that achieved a top sector ranking globally were Lendlease, Frasers, Cromwell, Dexus, Growthpoint, Scentre Group, ISPT and AMP.
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AHURI delivers best practice asset management guide for social housing
AHURI wants a data-driven, best practice approach to fix Australia’s social housing system.
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Lendlease: National Sustainability Manager
Lendlease has an opportunity for a National Sustainability Manager to support its Investment Management business.
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We have to talk about energy poverty
Energy disconnections were suspended during Covid – but now they’re back. So if you’re a lone parent and they find your fridge is off, you could lose custody of your child. Right now there is very little discussion about this equity issue in our clean energy climate transition. This conversation is going to be uncomfortable. […]
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Zero waste society: a not so radical way of tackling climate change
What if we told you that there was a way we could save 4.4 million tonnes of CO2 a year, the equivalent of taking one in four cars off the road?
And that it was something we could all do, together, by rethinking our approach to food.
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Vistek: Structural Engineer
VISTEK have an exciting opportunity for a structural engineer.
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Australia’s building code is too hung-up on electric dryers
Dryers and any other energy consuming clothes drying devices should not be mentioned anywhere in the NCC for residences.
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At Cbus Property it’s about long term sustainable assets, amidst quite a bit of luxe as well
We spoke to Cbus Property boss Adrian Pozzo about catering to the top end of the market and how rolling lockdowns have affected business.
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On slashing embodied carbon and the amazing power of sparks and other catalysers
Big players in the slashing embodied carbon game are coming together for our event next week, so far attracting one of our biggest audiences ever.
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Colliers builds ESG capacity
Canadian real estate giant Colliers has announced its global ESG strategy including a dedicated task force for the Asia Pacific, led by Andrew Watson and fresh hire, Lisa Hinde.
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Assemble rezones two Victorian sites with a projected $1.2b value
Melbourne-based Assemble plans to deliver almost 1000 new social and affordable housing units without the need for government investment.
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Now here’s the dark side of our hydrogen boom and what to look out for
News of major hydrogen projects this week came with warnings from those genuinely in favour of net zero, and some telling words from the gas industry that should not go unnoticed.
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A large-scale, but local grocery service to take on the majors
This grocery delivery service just raised over a million dollars to expand its resolutely local and sustainable business model.
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Here’s talking to you EPAs of Australia. We need a paradigm shift and cancel the word waste and maybe some of your policies too
The “Waste” Industry needs a paradigm shift and the government needs to jump on board.
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Silly money being offered to inexperienced staff? – yep skills shortages will do that, especially in property
In total, 49 per cent of property companies reported to have seen significant skills shortages.
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The road to Damascus is pointing to Glasgow
“We won’t allow the world to keep cooking.” These are the words uttered by Andrew Forrest as he seeks to wrest the crown of corporate climate champion from Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes. But Forrest who has announced a massive $1 billion commitment to hydrogen in Queensland of all places (clever man) and around coal country at […]
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Jobs news: Rueben Berg is saving more than water, new healthy urban design role in Liverpool and other job moves
Rueben Berg takes a less is more approach to his new role with Westernport Water. New Liverpool council position puts health at the heart of urban placemaking.
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Government and industry still at odds over net zero targets
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has launched a plan to fast track emissions reductions by 2030, which it says will deliver Australia an additional $890 billion and 195,000 jobs over the next 50 years. Stating that if we are to reach net zero by 2050 Australia will need more ambitious results by the end […]
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“We forgot how deadly they can be”: renowned urbanist Edward Glaeser on the rise of cities after Covid
Harvard economist and renowned urbanist Edward Glaeser says cities will bounce back from Covid, but could also stand to become more equitable through better access to education and affordable housing
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A valuable set of numbers: How to free up your sustainability team from data collection so it can add value where it counts
Bid has spent more than a decade refining its technology to effectively capture and validate billing data without human assistance.
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Lendlease: Sustainability Manager WA & SA
Lendlease Building has a new opportunity for an experienced Sustainability professional to lead the WA and SA regions as Sustainability Manager.
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Lendlease: Sustainability Manager, Retirement Living
We have an exciting opportunity for a Sustainability Manager, Retirement Living to join our Sustainability Function on a permanent basis.
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Want to win the next juicy seat? Then read this
It was in 2017, when Tony Abbott decided not to represent the electorate of Warringah in the same sex marriage plebiscite that pushed me over the edge. Whilst I hadn’t been a fan of Mr Abbott I told myself that my opinion of him was in the minority in this electorate. He had been the […]
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Grattan Institute calls for clearer policy approach to offsets
Government should more clearly define how, when and what carbon offsets can be used, according to the Grattan Institute.
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JLL: Sustainable Buildings Specialist
ainable Buildings Specialist will help our clients identify and implement initiatives that improve the environmental performance of their assets.
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Agrivoltaics: growing opportunities for Aussie farmers
With a range of co-benefits and financing available, here’s how solar power and agriculture can become best friends
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Dept of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources: Policy Officers, APS Level 5 and APS Level 6, Energy Division
Full Time – $76,385 – $94,391 Canberra, ACT Working across state and Federal Government Work in a diverse and inclusive department Competitive salary including 15.4% super About the team The Commercial Buildings Policy Team advances the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings through managing and updating existing regulations and developing new Government initiatives. The team undertakes […]