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Edge recognised by UNEP for Sustainable Procurement expertise

9 August 2016 By Jacqui Bonnitcha In All Categories, Edge News, International News, National News, Strategy & Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Procurement

Edge Environment announced as a global partner to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); will help to build knowledge and implement strategies to encourage sustainable supply …

Use, re-use, re-make: circular economy lessons from a Dutch jeans producer

2 August 2016 By Tom Davies In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Industry Insight, Recovery Strategies, Social Impact Strategy

What if you could lease your clothes, then when you’ve grown tired of them, return them for re-use or re-purposing? Now, imagine doing that for …

Building the circular economy ‘one brick at a time’

1 August 2016 By admins In All Categories, Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Life Cycle Assessment, Strategy & Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Construction

A transition to the circular economy is vital for all industries. The building products industry is one of the most important, due to the large amounts …

Circular economy – Bundle of Cardboard for Recycling

Creative ways to use your waste: how one company turned beer by-product into dog biscuits

20 July 2016 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Industry Insight, Recovery Strategies, Sustainable Food

Microbreweries are popping up across the country, with waste streams to match. But an innovative new project is turning this waste into tasty dog treats – and making money along …

It’s time to bin trim

13 July 2016 By admins In All Categories, Case Study, Edge News, Industry Insight, Recovery Strategies

NSW businesses send nearly two million tonnes of waste to landfill each year, of which more than 70% can be recycled. How’s that for a reality …

Infrastructure projects now targeting EPDs

9 June 2016 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Product Labelling and EPDs, Sustainable Construction, Sustainable Procurement

Environmental Product Declarations – verified documents that convey transparent and comparable information about a product’s environmental impact – will now gain credits in rating tools for infrastructure …

Natural Hazards and insurance: how vulnerable is your home?

7 June 2016 By admins In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News, Resilience

As Australia deals with widespread flooding, storm surges and erosion, there are things you can do to assess the risks to your property. Australian homes are …

4 reasons why O-LCA should drive your procurement strategy

6 June 2016 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainable Procurement

Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA) identifies organisations’ environmental and social issues. These “hotspots” are the starting point to achieve the most meaningful and cost effective …

Edge’s new staff members, new roles and departures

3 June 2016 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Edge News

In the past three years Edge’s business and staff numbers have tripled, demand for service offerings has grown rapidly and our work has expanded to cover …

The 5 factors driving sustainability in procurement

30 May 2016 By Jacqui Bonnitcha In All Categories, Edge News, Strategy & Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Procurement

For most of our clients, more than 80% of their impact is in their supply chain. In the past, addressing this impact seemed difficult due to the complexity of …