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Green resources for Australian business
Consumer concern about the environment is driving a change for the greener in many industries. Be one of the first in your industry to stamp your mark on environmental issues confronting commercial institutions.
Make your business more sustainable and gain a competitive advantage as consumers grow more aware and concerned about the environment. Learn more about going green and support the suppliers who share your commitment to environmentally sustainable practices.
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Directories
The Green Pages
Australia's most comprehensive eco directory. Just like the Yellow Pages, only green!
www.thegreenpages.com.au
The Green Directory
Directory of green events, products and services throughout Australia.
www.thegreendirectory.com.au
G Magazine - Green Living Made Easy
G Magazine is packed with articles, ideas and tips for everyday sustainable living: home, food, finance, fashion, renovation, technology, how-to as well as the big issues!
G Magazine is building a comprehensive Green Listing of Australian companies that are committed to operating with the environment in mind and supplying consumers with ethical and eco products and services.
www.gmagazine.com.au
Eco Directory
Australia’s guide to sustainable living.
www.ecodirectory.com.au
Green Finder
Australia’s green business directory. Search or Browse for environmentally friendly businesses and products.
www.greenfinder.com.au
Be Green
Live green. Build green. Work green. Act green. Think green. Invest green. The environment site for Australians.
www.begreen.com.au
Green Times
Online eco friendly journal, news and directory.
www.greentimes.com.au
The Saved Planet
Shop locally and reduce your transport footprint with this easy to use online green directory. Enter your post code to find your closest green products and services. The search results are sorted by how far the business is located from your post code.
www.thesavedplanet.com.au
Carbon Market
An eco friendly online store that help customers to reduce the impact that they are having on the environment, reduce their energy consumption, and select the most environment friendly products and services.
www.carbonmarket.com.au
BRBA Recycled Product Directory
Australia's first online Directory of products with recycled content.
http://rcp.brba.com.au
ECO-Buy database
This database lists thousands of green products (those that are less damaging for the environment and/or human health), categorised according to recycled content; greenhouse friendly; water saving; energy efficient; low toxicity and fuel efficiency.
www.ecobuy.org.au/director/ecofind.cfmp
Australian Green Procurement
A searchable database of over 200 certified Good Environmental Choice products.
www.greenprocurement.org/php/listCategories.php
Recycling directory for event co-ordinators
Zero Waste provides a directory of waste and recycling service providers for South Australian events.
www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au/About.mvc/WasteServices
Find a green plumber
Enter your post code to search the National Business Directory of Accredited GreenPlumbers® for a plumber near you.
www.greenplumbers.com.au
Sustainable Living Directory
An online consumer guide to assist you in finding businesses that have outstanding features that put them on the pathway towards sustainability.
www.slf.org.au/directory
Eco Hotel
Directory of genuine environmentally responsible accommodation within Australia.
www.ecohotel.com.au
Supermarket shopping with a conscience
You won't find information on the environmental and social record of companies on the product labels of your favorite brands.
Search the online consumer guide with user friendly rankings, or download a free booklet called The Guide to Ethical Supermarket Shopping.
www.ethical.org.au
Timber Recycling Goods & Services Directory
The National Timber Products Stewardship Group is an initiative of the timber and wood products industry to double the recovery of post-consumer timber and wood products to one million tonnes per year by 2017.
www.timberstewardship.org.au
Suppliers
Eco Office & School Supplies
Australian business, Government, university, schools and child care centres can now order sustainable supplies such as eco-friendly office stationery; recycled toilet paper and hand towels; and natural hand soaps and cleaning products from this one-stop green office supply shop. Australia-wide delivery. Buy in bulk and save!
www.ecoofficesupplies.com.au
www.ecoschoolsupplies.com.au
Eco Natural® Commercial Cleaning
A safer, healthier, green cleaning service for environmentally conscious businesses throughout Adelaide, South Australia.
Office Cleaning, Window Cleaning, and Carpet Cleaning.
www.econatural.com.au
Eco Pest Control
Safe, effective solutions. Ecologically friendly control of cockroaches, rats, mice, termites, possums, birds, ants, spiders, bees and wasps in South Australia.
www.ecopestcontrol.com.au
ecowash mobile
A waterless car wash service that comes to you at your home or office. 100% Australian owned and operated franchise.
www.ecowash.com.au
Earthwise Insulation
Use environmentally sustainable Earthwool insulation to help improve the comfort and energy efficiency of your home or office, and significantly lower your heating and cooling bills.
www.earthwiseinsulation.com.au
Ecolateral
Adelaide's one-stop green shop supplies sustainable living products for your home or office.
www.ecolateralshop.com.au
Green Leap
Buy planet saving products from this online shop, based in Adelaide SA. Green Leap provides an extensive range of green products that are certified organic, natural, Australian made, biodegradable, compostable, recycled and fair trade certified.
www.greenleap.com.au
Sustainable Focus
From vision to strategy to practical implementation, Sustainable Focus can facilitate a shift towards greater sustainability in your organisation. We specialise in energy, water and environmental sustainability; culture and behaviour change; and strategy, evaluation and engagement.
www.sustainablefocus.com.au
Paperless book-keeping
Melior Business Services offer an eco-friendly, carbon neutral, paperless book-keeping service in the Adelaide & Hills area by Certified Practising Accountants.
www.melior.com.au
Greenbizcheck
Greenbizcheck is an environmental certification company that helps businesses reduce their impact on the environment. Clients complete a best-practice, online checklist and receive an in-depth assessment of their business and a list of practical measures to improve their sustainability - covering energy efficiency, water, waste, recycling, travel, transportation and supply chain management.
www.greenbizcheck.com
Green Mobiles
Green Mobiles is Australia's first environmentally friendly mobile telecommunications service.
www.greenmobiles.com.au
Internode - Green internet hosting in SA
Access high speed broadband or host your website with South Australia's own green ISP that is 100% carbon neutral. Internode do more than just plant trees to offset their CO2 emissions – they power their Adelaide head office, and data centres nationally, with 100% Green Power electricity from sources such as wind and solar power.
www.internode.com.au
New Sprout - website hosting
Carbon Neutral web hosting, domain registration & email in Australia. Supporters of GreenPower.
www.newsprout.com.au
No Wet Waterless Car Clean
A professional mobile car wash that comes to your work, home or wherever you park. Originally created to care for antique and prestige cars, the products clean, polish, wax, seal and UV protect vehicles in one application, without using water and without scratching!
www.nowetcarclean.com.au
Finsbury Green
Australia’s leading carbon neutral printer. Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney.
www.finsbury.com.au
Print Mint
Environmentally responsible printing - Adelaide, SA.
www.printmint.com.au
Keystone Printing
Green Printer - Adelaide, SA.
www.keystoneprinting.com.au
Lawson Creative - Green Office
Make your office a little greener with customised stationery printed on recycled paper. Based in Ballarat Victoria, this affordable green printer offers FREE delivery Australia wide. Simply order online and upload your artwork - for custom printed recycled stationery including business cards, brochures, DL postcards, flyers, posters, booklets, letterhead, with compliments slips, and presentation folders. Miniminse your environmental impact with: recycled paper stocks that meet the international ISO 14001: 2004 standard, computer to plate technology, CMYK inks based on a mixture of soy and linseed vegetable oils, use of paper wastage minimisation software, an alcohol free printing process and 100% recycled cardboard packaging. Prices are advertised on their website and include GST and FREE delivery anywhere in Australia.
www.lawsoncreative.com.au/greenoffice.html
Collective Green Printing
Save the environment and your printing costs, by accessing a collective green printing service which prints several customers’ materials together, rather than individually, using only recycled paper and vegetable based inks.
The concept is similar to car sharing: if several people are going to the same place at the same time, they can share the cost of the ride, which in turn lessens the environmental impact of your journey.
Instant online quotes available for business cards, post cards, brochures, booklets, stationery, envelopes, posters or presentation folders.
Australia wide service, based in Melbourne.
www.printtogether.com.au
Promotional bags and eco bags
Smartbag recyclable bags and products are made from non-woven polypropolene (NWPP). Made popular by the supermarket ‘green bag’ or ‘eco bag’, NWPP bags are now used widely as promotional bags, carry bags and shopping bags.
www.smartbag.com.au
Oz Mini Bins
Guilt-free disposal of your hard waste! Hire a mini skip, with the peace of mind that your rubbish will be sorted and recycled by this carbon neutral business - thereby reducing your own carbon footprint. Servicing Adelaide's southern metro area.
www.ozminibins.com.au
Battery recycling
Scrap batteries poison our environment. Do the right thing! Find a convenient drop off point for your old lead acid batteries – commonly used in cars, 4WDs, motorcycles and boats – that are 98% recyclable.
www.recyclemybattery.com.au
Recycling food into compost
Recycling food, shredded paper and soiled paper towels from bathrooms and kitchens into compost. Approximately 40% of all consumer waste is food waste and nearly all ends up in landfill, creating methane (up to 25 times worse for the environment than carbon dioxide).
www.foodwasterecyclers.com.au
Commercial Food Organics Recycling
Recycling one tonne of food organics per week through composting is equivalent to reducing greenhouse gas emmissions by up to 27 metric tonnes of CO2 per year.
www.jeffries.com.au
Enviro Pallets (NSW)
Each year, Enviro Pallets refurbish and recycle hundreds of thousands of timber pallets.
www.enviropallets.com.au
Waste Converters Recycling (VIC)
Recycling timber waste such as used pallets, crates, boxes, building and demolition timber.
www.wasteconverters.com.au
Fishace Ecological Engineering
An innovative eco-design company promoting sustainability and offering carbon reduction solutions.
www.fishace.com.au
Simplygreen Salary Packaging
Carbon offset vehicle leasing and salary packaging solutions – resulting in a pay rise for employees at no extra cost to employers PLUS a reduction in their ecological footprint.
www.simplygreen.com.au
Resources
Clean Business Australia
Government grant funding available for Australian businesses under these program initiatives: Climate Ready Program, Re-Tooling for Climate Change, Green Car Innovation Fund, and Green Building Fund.
www.ausindustry.gov.au/ClimateChange/Pages/ClimateChange.aspx
What can I do right now to reduce my carbon footprint and save money?
Helpful tips and easy ideas to operate a low carbon footprint business, conserve resources and cut down on waste in ways that are not only good for the environment – but also for your bottom line.
www.whatcanidorightnow.com.au
Carbon Offset Providers
Independent directory of Australian carbon offset providers.
www.carboncatalog.org/providers/australia
Carbon Offset Guide Australia
Helping you find and choose carbon offset providers.
www.carbonoffsetguide.com.au
Zero Waste SA
This Government of South Australia website is a valuable resource of information about grant funding programs, recycling locations and waste minimisation strategies at home, work or school.
www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au
Clever Green - Technology for a Cleaner World
Join South Australia’s leading Clean Technology innovators. The Clever Green conference & showcase will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 15th and 16th February 2010. Put these event dates in your diary now!
www.southaustralia.biz/clevergreen
Eco Mapping
Ecomapping is a free, visual tool that helps small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to analyse and manage environmental behaviour. The Ecomapping Toolkit enables you to develop an Environmental Management System which can be expanded to meet ISO 14001.
www.southaustralia.biz/Innovation-in-SA/BSA-Ecomapping.aspx
Green Cleaning Pollution Prevention Calculator
This calculator assists business to quantify the projected environmental benefits of purchasing and using green cleaning services and products for your office.
www.ofee.gov
Quick fixes
10 things you can do right now to green your office.
www.abc.net.au/greenatwork/GreenYourWork/QuickFixes.htm
Green Vehicle Guide
Compare and rate new Australian vehicles based on greenhouse and air pollution emissions.
www.greenvehicleguide.gov.au
Green Electricity Watch
A ranking of green electricity products to help you choose which ones make the most difference to Australia's and your own greenhouse gas emissions.
www.greenelectricitywatch.org.au
Sustainable High School Funding and Free Educational Resources
HotRock is a free, online educational resource for teachers of environmental science and sustainability studies. HotRock provides funding to partner high schools that want to make empowering Education for Sustainability a priority within their curriculum and practice. This funding can be used to create onsite learning tools for sustainability, such as an organic food garden, shadehouse or aquaponics system.
www.thehotrock.org.au
How to run a green event
A checklist to running an environmentally sustainable event on a sustainable budget. Start a green event policy within your company, which will lead to reducing the impact your meetings and events have on the planet.
www.specialevents.com.au/resources/greenevents.html
AustConserv
Environmental news, information and tips for Australians.
www.austconserv.com
Get your building a green star
Green Star is a comprehensive, national, voluntary environmental rating scheme that evaluates the environmental design and achievements of buildings. Buildings have a significant impact on the environment, consuming 32% of the world's resources, including 12% of its water and up to 40% of its energy. Buildings also produce 40% of waste going to landfill and 40% of air emissions. In Australia, commercial buildings produce 8.8% of the national greenhouse emissions and have a major part to play in meeting Australia's international greenhouse obligations.
www.gbca.org.au/green-star
Recycle @ Work
A free public program dedicated to making it easy for Western Australian workplaces – especially small to medium businesses – to keep resources out of landfill by recycling at work.
www.recycleatwork.com.au
Green Generation
Fight global warming from your desk.
www.greengeneration.ninemsn.com.au
Green Web Links
An Australian based network of International Green Business – GreenLinking.com provides reciprocal links for eco businesses as part of your search engine optimisation strategy.
www.greenlinking.com
Measure your eco footprint
Use the online calculator to measure your eco footprint, and learn how to offset your carbon emissions generated by your business activities or one-off event.
www.climatefriendly.com/business
One Planet Living
A global initiative based on 10 principles of sustainability: zero carbon; zero waste; sustainable transport; local and sustainable materials; local and sustainable food; sustainable water; natural habitats and wildlife; culture and heritage; equity and fair trade; and health and happiness.
www.oneplanetliving.com.au
Environment Business Australia
Australia’s leading sustainable companies support commercial solutions to environmental challenges.
www.environmentbusiness.com.au
Conservation International
Leading brands turn to Conservation International to make their corporations greener.
www.conservation.org/discover/business/Pages/overview.aspx
Smart Company
Australia’s online magazine for entrepreneurs and small business.
www.smartcompany.com.au/Growth-Resources/Going-Green.html
Sustainable Living
Our State Government’s official website about sustainable living.
www.sustainableliving.sa.gov.au
Green Capital
Advancing Corporate Sustainability
www.greencapital.org.au
Tackling Climate Change in SA
Our State Government’s official website about climate change.
www.climatechange.sa.gov.au
Recycling near you
Don't dump it, recycle it! Find a recycling service near you.
www.recyclingnearyou.com.au
Recycle your printer cartridges for free!
Contact either Cleanaway or Planet Ark for a free collection service that recycles all your ink jet and toner cartridges and guarantees zero waste to landfill.
Recycle your old mobile phone
Contact either the Aussie Recycling Program or Mobile Muster and keep your phone out of landfill.
True Green — The Book
100 everyday ways we can each contribute to a healthier planet.
www.betruegreen.com
True Green @ Work — The E-Learning Program
An empowering online environmental education and employee training program.
www.webqem.com/onlinelearning/truegreenwork.cfm
Green at work
The ABC's going green at work...you can too!
Find everything you need to start greening your workplace by cutting energy, waste, water and fuel.
www.abc.net.au/greenatwork
Tree Hugger
The Green Guide — Free tips for creating a greener workplace.
www.treehugger.com/files/2006/12/how_to_green_your_work.php
Natural Strategies at work
Practical tips towards a sustainable workplace.
www.naturalstrategies.com.au/work
Ethical Investor
Australia's online magazine devoted to ethical investment.
www.ethicalinvestor.com.au
One Degree of Change
A News Limited initiative.
www.1degree.com.au
Bindarri Links Directory
Australian creatives for positive change.
www.bindarri.com.au
Environment Business Australia (EBA)
Environment Business Australia is the peak body representing the environment and sustainability industry in Australia. EBA aims to establish national and international networks to link Australian capacity and solutions with environmental challenges and problems.
www.environmentbusiness.com.au
Environment Institute of Australia (EIA)
The Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand is the professional association for environmental practitioners. Formed in 1987, the EIANZ has an Australia-wide membership in the public and private sectors. The Institute's principal objectives are to promote environmental knowledge and advance ethical and competent practice whilst facilitating interaction amongst environmental professionals.
www.eianz.org
The Greenhouse Challenge
A joint voluntary initiative between the Australian national Government and industry to abate greenhouse gas emissions.
www.environment.gov.au/settlements/challenge
Green City Festival
The purpose of this annual event is to demonstrate sustainable living principles and practice and to showcase Adelaide as a leader in Green City Living.
www.greencityfestival.com.au
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