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Surf the green wave or drown? How EPDs are changing B2B sales conversations

15 November 2016 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Ecolabelling, Edge News, Life Cycle Assessment, Product Labelling and EPDs, Sustainable Procurement

What are Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and how are they changing B2B sales conversations? Jonas Bengtsson, CEO and co-founder of Edge Environment, provides his opinions. …

Cradle to cradle: removing the concept of ‘grave’

9 November 2016 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Whole of Life

When you hear the words ‘circular economy’ for the first time, it sounds intangible. Once you know more, it becomes one of the most logic foundations …

Edge Environment awarded for leadership in infrastructure sustainability

27 October 2016 By admins In All Categories, Case Study, Conference, Edge News, Industry Insight, Infrastructure, Life Cycle Assessment, Policy & Tool Development, Strategy & Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Construction, Whole Building LCA, Whole of Life

Sustainability consultancy Edge Environment (Edge) was this week announced winner of the Organisational Leadership in Infrastructure Sustainability Award by Australia and New Zealand’s peak industry …

Part II: Reviewing TfNSW’s ‘Sustainable Design Guidelines’ from a life cycle perspective

20 October 2016 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Case Study, Edge News, Infrastructure, Life Cycle Assessment, Product Labelling and EPDs, Sustainable Construction, Triple Bottom Line, Whole of Life

LCA in transport infrastructure Part II: Edge puts TfNSW’s ‘Sustainable Design Guidelines’ through the life cycle test. You can read Part I here. Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is …

Part I: Be careful what you wish for – the only ‘con’ to life cycle thinking

20 October 2016 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Edge News, Industry Insight, Infrastructure, Life Cycle Assessment, Product Labelling and EPDs, Triple Bottom Line, Whole of Life

LCA in transport infrastructure Part I: Life cycle thinking is one of those things – next to democracy, justice and education – that is a …

Five minutes with Ainsley Simpson, ISCA’s Business and Technical Services Manager

19 October 2016 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industry Insight, Infrastructure, National News, Policy & Tool Development, Sustainable Construction

The Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) is Australia’s peak industry body for advancing sustainability in infrastructure. ISCA provides a common language on the topic, while …

A New Consulting Model: Edge partners with Element

19 October 2016 By admins In All Categories, Edge News

As a project manager, are you being hit with unexpected contract variations? When you expect expert, are you getting graduates? Do you spend more time on contracts, …

Who’s who in the sustainable infrastructure zoo?

19 October 2016 By Ken Lunty In All Categories, Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Industry Insight, Sustainable Construction

Micro-managers out, team players in –successful implementation of sustainability in infrastructure projects are those where everyone plays to their roles. When I was a graduate, …