Finalists of the 2012 World Environment Day Awards will be announced at the end of May. Winners will be announced at the Awards Presentation Dinner to be held on Friday 8 June 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne.
Winners and Finalists of the 2011 World Environment Day Awards are:
Department of Sustainability and Environment Biodiversity Award
WINNER Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation in partnership with CSIRO, Rio- Tinto & Alcan - ‘Yellow Crazy Ant Management
Program’
FINALIST Greenfleet & Biolinking Australia – ‘Repairing the Missing Links’
FINALIST Kimberley Toad Busters – ‘What's in your Backyard? Project’
Virgin Blue Business Awards
- Best Specific Environmental Initiative
WINNER Fridge Buyback Program
FINALIST Green Earth Cleaning Australasia – ‘Eco Friendly Cleaning For Your Entire Wardrobe’
FINALIST Transgrid in Partnership with Greening Australia – ‘Greengrid’
- Environmental Best Practice Program
WINNER BHP Billiton & Thiess Services Pty Ltd – ‘Hunter River Remediation Project’
FINALIST GreenPainters – ‘Sustainable Painting Program’
FINALIST PwC
Community Award
WINNER Kimberley Toad Busters – ‘What's in your Backyard? Project’
FINALIST Conservation Volunteers Australia – ‘Bringing Back the Island’
FINALIST Malleefowl Preservation Group Inc. - 'Gnow or Never'
Sustainability Education Award
WINNER Heyfield Community Resource Centre Inc – ‘Heyfield: A Sustainable Smart Town’
FINALIST Kimberley Toad Busters – ‘What's in your Backyard? Project’
FINALIST WA Department of Transport – ‘Living Smart Household’
Green Building Award
WINNER Design Inc Melbourne Pty Ltd – ‘The Gippsland Water Factory Vortex Centre’
FINALIST Grocon – ‘Pixel’
FINALIST NOWarchitecture – ‘Yackandandah Primary School - Growing Spaces, Reaching New Heights’
Individual Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment
WINNER Bob Junor
FINALIST Bill Thomas
FINALIST David Kennett – ‘Arid Region Forestry Research’
Local Government Awards
- Excellence in Overall Environmental Management
WINNER Willoughby City Council -'e.restore: Improving our Environment'
SPECIAL COMMENDATION Blue Mountains City Council - 'Save Our Swamps' Program
FINALIST Nillumbik Shire Council – ‘Think Global Act Local’
- Best Specific Environmental Initiative
WINNER The District Council of Mount Barker – ‘Laratinga Wetland - A Natural System in an Artificial Wetland’
FINALIST City of Boroondara – ‘Backyard Biodiversity’
FINALIST Willoughby City Council – ‘ClimateClever Apartments’
Excellence in Marine and Coastal Management Award
WINNER Victoria's Volunteer Angler Diary Program – ‘Reel Scientists’
FINALIST Baulderstone Pty Ltd and Sydney Ports Corporation – ‘Port Botany Expansion Project’
FINALIST BHP Billiton & Thiess Services Pty Ltd – ‘Hunter River Remediation Project’
Media Award for Environmental Reporting
WINNER Eric Campbell, Marianne Leitch, Ron Ekkel & Simon Brynjolffssen, ABC TV Foreign Correspondent – ‘DRC: The Swingers’
FINALIST ABC Innovation – ‘ABC Environment Online’
FINALIST Donna Green and Liz Minchin – ‘Screw Light Bulbs’
Environmental Schools Award
WINNER Bungwahl Public School – ‘From the Garden- Kitchen/Canteen- Classroom’
SPECIAL COMMENDATION Melbourne Girls' College – ‘The Melbourne Girls' College Sustainability Collective’
FINALIST North Dandalup Primary School – ‘A School For Environmental Consciousness’
WSP Lincolne Scott Sustainability Leadership Award
- Large Organisations
WINNER National Australia Bank
FINALIST Department of Justice – ‘Expanding the EMS to Include Operations’
FINALIST Stockland
- Small and Medium Organisations
WINNER 3 Fish
FINALIST Alice Springs Airport Pty Ltd – ‘Creating a new energy future - Alice Springs Airport’
FINALIST Lane Cove River Tourist Park
Peter Szental Award for Sustainability Entrepreneurship
WINNER WestWyck Pty Ltd – ‘WestWyck Ecovillage’
FINALIST Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty – ‘Project Catalyst’
FINALIST Envirobank Recycling (Australia) Ltd – ‘Recycle for Rewards’
FINALIST Urban Reforestation – ‘Planting the Seeds for Sustainable Communities’
Excellence in Sustainable Water Management Award
WINNER Bentleigh Secondary College – ‘Water Saving at Bentleigh Secondary College’
FINALIST Coca Cola South Pacific Pty – ‘Project Catalyst’
FINALIST Enviro Manufacturing Co. Pty Ltd – ‘Enviro Valve, Save Cold Water from Hot Tap’
