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Company profiles for ecoBiz 2007.
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Gold Sponsor - Lend Lease
Lend Lease is a diversified international
property group with market leading positions in our
chosen geographies and sectors.
We apply our world class development, project management,
construction and investment management skills using
imagination, creativity and collaboration to create
smart solutions that add value.
We are passionate
about the relationship between people and places and
our role in building a legacy for future generations.
We do this safely and ethically. Our aspiration is
to be a sustainable organisation.
http://www.lendlease.com.au |
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Silver Sponsor - UQ Business
School
UQ Business School is an integrated,
comprehensive business school differentiated by its
inspired thinking, its boldly pioneering approach,
its professional practice, and its distinguished scholarship.
UQ Business School is recognised as a leading provider
of quality business education. It was the first business
school in Australia to earn accreditation by both
the US-based AACSB and the European Foundation for
Management Development (awards EQUIS accreditation).
And the UQ Business School MBA has earned the top
rating - five stars - from the graduate Management
Association of Australia (GMAA) for the last three
years running.
http://www.business.uq.edu.au |
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Silver Sponsor - ARUP
ARUP is one of the world’s
leading business consulting firms offering the complete
spectrum of engineering, design, planning and corporate
advisory services. Arup has a long history of applying
environmentally sustainable design principles to the
design of buildings both locally and internationally.
Arup has developed an approach that sets out a long-term
sustainable strategy for building design, internal
environment and building operation and maintenance
to achieve social, economic and environmental excellence.
http://www.arup.com |
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- Veolia Environmental Systems
Veolia Environmental Services is
Australia’s leading environmental services company.
Formerly Collex, Veolia has over 30 years industry
experience in Waste Management and Industrial Services.
Veolia Environmental Services is 100% focused on satisfying
the community’s essential daily needs in order
to improve the living environment.
http://www.veolia.com.au |
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Bronze Sponsor - BCC
Brisbane is a vibrant, progressive
city and is home to almost one million people. Renowned
for its friendly, relaxed, subtropical climate and
outdoor life, Brisbane attracts about 1000 new residents
each week.
Brisbane City Council manages Australia’s
biggest local government budget, has a permanent workforce
of around 6,000 employees, and is currently delivering
some of the biggest major infrastructure projects
in Queensland’s history.
Brisbane City Council has embraced
its environmental responsibilities locally and globally.
Council is committed to ensuring the city becomes
Australia’s most sustainable through its CitySmart
program, which promotes sustainable living through
resource efficiency and the protection of the city’s
precious biodiversity.
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au |
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Bronze Sponsor - Sala Homes
SALA Homes supply highly energy
and water efficient kit homes at an affordable price.
All homes can produce their own electricity, treat
their own sewage and harvest their own rainwater.
Using cutting edge technology and
products, SALA Homes’s business vision aims
to demonstrate that sustainable housing can be as
affordable as traditional housing models thus influencing
the way that homes are built in Queensland. The company’s
achievements were recognised at the 2007 Environmental
Protection Agency Sustainable Industries Awards, where
it won the “Minister's Award for ClimateSmart
Leadership”
http://www.salahomes.com.au |
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Bronze Sponsor - QR
QR, one of Australia’s largest
and most modern transport providers, is now a significant
national player in the National Logistics business.
On any day, the national QR network operates 1,000
train services and moves more than 445,000 tonnes
of freight. Around 160,000 passengers use QR each
day for long distance and commuter journeys.
QR is committed to ensuring that
rail remains Australia’s most environmentally
sound method of large scale transportation. At QR,
we are continually researching and investigating ways
to reduce our environmental impact and improve the
performance of our operations. The effectiveness of
these measures can be gauged in part, by independent
recognition of QR’s performance as an industry
leader in abating greenhouse emissions by winning
the Australian Greenhouse Challenge Award in both
2002 and 2005.
http://www.qr.com.au
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Bronze Sponsor -
Ergon Energy
Ergon Energy, as a major supplier
of electricity in regional Queensland, operating one
of Australia's largest and most diverse electricity
distribution networks, has a responsibility to manage
its operations in a way that minimises environmental
impact. Taking care of the environment is a key part
of Ergon Energy’s responsibility to the community.
They focus on finding and developing environmental
activities that concentrate on reducing greenhouse
emissions, promoting clean energy alternatives, oil
containment and ways to manage land use. |
To discuss various opportunities, please contact the Conference
Managers:
Rhonda Hendicott
HI Event Management
ecobiz@hievents.com.au
T -07 3210 1646
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