Winners of the 2012 World Environment Day Awards were announced at the Awards Presentation Dinner on Friday 8 June 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne.
Download Winners Announced Media Release.
Winners and Finalists of the 2012 World Environment Day Awards are:
BHP Billiton Business Awards
- Best Specific Environmental Initiative
- WINNER: Brookfield Multiplex - Fiona Stanley Hospital Project, Perth
- FINALIST: Kinder & Co Pty Ltd - Cradle-To-Cradle 100% Recycled Pallet
- FINALIST: TransGrid and Greening Australia - GreenGrid
- Environmental Best Practice Program
- WINNER: Chevron Australia - Barrow Island Quarantine Management System
- FINALIST: Alcoa of Australia and Greening Australia - Conservation and Sustainability, 30 years in Partnership
- FINALIST: National Australia Bank - NAB's Beyond Carbon Neutral Program
Biodiversity Award
- WINNER: Hume City Council - Caring for our Plains
- FINALIST: Gary Muir - Phyto Fighter 1000
- FINALIST: The Black Cockatoo Preservation Society - The Black Cockatoo Rehabilitation Centre
Virgin Australia Community Award
- WINNER: Bookend Trust - Inspiring the Future
- FINALIST: Community Housing Ltd with Bega Eco-Neighbourhood Development - Millowine Lane Bega
- FINALIST: Kimberley Toad Busters - Biodiversity Education & Indigenous 'Kids at Risk' Positive Outcomes Project
Environmental School Award
- WINNER: Quairading District High School - Nature Reserve Project
- FINALIST: South Fremantle Senior High School - The Carbon Neutral Project
- FINALIST: St Rose Catholic School, Collaroy Plateau - PET Bottle Greenwall Project
Excellence in Marine and Coastal Management Award
- WINNER: Conservation Council of South Australia - Feral or In Peril
- FINALIST: McArthur River Mine - MRM Marine Environmental Monitoring Programme
Excellence in Sustainable Water Management Award
- WINNER: Knox City Council in partnership with Monash University, The University of Melbourne, Contek Constructions and Melbourne Water - Protecting Dobsons Creek from Degradation : Wicks Reserve Bio-Infiltration System
- FINALIST: Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch - Dentists for Cleaner Water
- FINALIST: City West Water - Partnerships in Stormwater Reuse Program
Green Building Award
- WINNER: DesignInc - The University of Adelaide Innova21
- FINALIST: DEXUS, DWPF and Cbus - 1 Bligh Street, Sydney
- FINALIST: Education and Training Directorate, ACT - Gold Creek Environment Centre
Individual Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment
- WINNER: Bill Thomas, Bentleigh Secondary College
- FINALIST: David W. Jones AM FCA, Scouts Australia
- FINALIST: Dr Niall Doran, Bookend Trust
Local Government Awards
- Best Specific Environmental Initiative
- WINNER: City of Melbourne - 1200 Buildings Program
- SPECIAL COMMENDATION: Alice Springs Town Council - Council's Cash for Containers Scheme
- FINALIST: Hume City Council - Natural Heritage Strategy 2011 – 2015
- FINALIST: Wodonga City Council - Domesticating Wastewater Practices Project
- Excellence in Overall Environmental Management
- WINNER: City of Joondalup
- FINALIST: Ashfield Council - GreenWay Sustainability Project
- FINALIST: Ku-Ring-Gai Council - Climate Change Adaptation Model
Media Award for Environmental Reporting
- WINNER: Matt Brown, Mary Ann Jolley, David Anderson, David Martin, Nick Brenner & Ake Prihantari, Ari Wuryantama, ABC TV Foreign Correspondent - ‘Sumatra – Paper/Tiger’
- FINALIST: Tony Ryan, Producer/Presenter, PBA FM Adelaide - ‘Park Friends’
- FINALIST: Stefan Armbruster, SBS Radio and Television News - ‘Time and Tide’
Peter Szental Award for Sustainability Entrepreneurship
- WINNER: Envirobank Recycling Australia Pty Ltd - Recycle for Rewards
- SPECIAL COMMENDATION: BASF Australia - The COOL Project (Cooperation for Organics Out of Landfill)
Sustainability Education Award
- WINNER: Baldivis Children's Forest Inc. - Conservation Through Education
- FINALIST: Alternator Pty Ltd - Alternator
- FINALIST: South Fremantle Senior High School - The Carbon Neutral Project
- FINALIST: Veolia Environmental Services Australia - Getting Wise About Waste
Sustainability Leadership Awards
- Small and Medium Organisations
- WINNER: South Fremantle Senior High School – The Carbon Neutral Project
- SPECIAL COMMENDATION: Sydney Markets Ltd
- FINALIST: Eco Queenslander Holiday Home and B&B
- FINALIST: Murrumbidgee Irrigation – MI EnviroChampions Program
- Large Organisations
- WINNER: Melbourne Water
- FINALIST: National Australia Bank
- FINALIST: VISY Industries – Sustainable Business at VISY
For a full list of winners and finalists from 2000 to 2012 click here (PDF Document).
For more information about winners and finalists please contact the UNAA Victoria on 03 9670 7878 or via email.
