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Guidance on Organizational life cycle assessment

2 May 2015 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Edge News, Life Cycle Assessment, Strategy & Supply Chain Management

Edge Environment have contributed to the development of the recently released United Nations Environment Programme/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative Guidance on Organizational life cycle assessment. The …

Time to rethink our approach to low-carbon concrete

5 April 2015 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Edge News, Life Cycle Assessment

The modern built environment is unimaginable without the widespread use of cement-based materials. Today we use about 500 kg/per capita [1] [2], more than the …

Edge Environment teams up with 10,000 Hours

10 March 2015 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Edge News

Edge Environment Partners with 10,000 Hours to take the next steps as a High Performing Team Last week Edge Environment took 2 days out of …

Flood Resilient Housing in Ballina

10 March 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News

Flood Resilient Housing in Ballina Edge Environment is working with Ballina Shire council to develop alternate development pathways for flood resilient homes in Ballina Shire. …

IKEA Sales of Sustainable Products Exceed $1 Billion in 2014

5 March 2015 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Reports and Publications

IKEA Sales of Sustainable Products Exceed $1 Billion in 2014 Ikea sold more than $1.13 billion of sustainable products in 2014. A 58% increase over …

BRRT App – Use your mobile to measure your property’s resilience to natural hazards

5 March 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News

The ability that a building has to withstand natural hazards depends inherently on its construction materials and design. With natural hazards occurring more frequently and …

9 Steps to Understanding Climate Change (for non-scientists)

5 March 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News

The Science of Climate Change February 2015 from the Australian Academy of Science is aimed at non-scientists trying to make sense of the contradictory information …

Environmental Risks Dominate the WEF Global Risks Report 2015

5 March 2015 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News, Environmental Risk and Due Diligence, Resilience

The World Economy Forum (WEF), recently released it’s annual Global Risks Report for 2015, heralding the significant and acknowledged dangers we face from un-mitigated climate …

Progress in Reducing Waste from the Food Supply Chain

5 March 2015 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Sustainable Procurement

Edge Environment’s third industrial ecology workshop held in November 2014 resulted in a number of potential waste diversion projects, several of which have progressed in …

Building Recycling Capacity in the Construction Materials Market

5 March 2015 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology

Market development for current non-recyclables is the core objective of the Sydney Industrial Ecology Network (SIEN). Through a wider exploration of the types and quantities …

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