Premier's Sustainability Awards – 2020 winners and finalists
Premier's Recognition Award winner: Yarra Riverkeeper Association and Cleanwater Group - Litter and Polystyrene Pollution in the Yarra The full list of the 2020 Premier's Sustainability Awards category winners and finalists.
Built Environment
Winner: Frasers Property Australia
Project: Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre
Frasers Property Australia ambitiously redefines the global retail sustainability benchmark through innovative, regenerative and self-sufficient Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre.
Finalists
- Mirvac Group – The House with No Bills
- Swinburne University of Technology and Wyndham City Council – Recycled waste plastics and glass fines in concrete footpath
Community
Winner: Totally Renewable Yackandandah
Project: Yackandandah Virtual Power Plant
Through the creation of a Virtual Power Plant, Totally Renewable Yackandandah have installed 74kW of solar, dramatically cutting carbon emissions and electricity costs in their locality.
Finalists
- Port Phillip EcoCentre and Werribee River Association – Living Water Workbees
- Queenscliff Music Festival – QMF's War on Waste
Education
Winner: Deakin University
Project: Blue Carbon Lab
Deakin University is educating a cross-section of Australia’s corporate sector executives on climate change literacy, sustainability and Australian coastal ecosystems, through the #BlueCarbonArmy initiative.
Finalists
- Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub – Changing Climates: Victoria's first dedicated local climate column
- Mount Waverley Primary School – MWPS Sustainability Hub
Environmental Protection
Winner: Yarra Riverkeeper Association and Cleanwater Group
Project: Litter and Polystyrene Pollution in the Yarra
Yarra Riverkeeper Association and Cleanwater Group banded together to mitigate the negative effects of litter and polystyrene pollution in the Yarra.
Finalists
- Port Phillip EcoCentre and Yarra Riverkeeper Association – Clean Bay Blueprint – Microplastics Trawls
- Queenscliff Music Festival – QMF's War on Waste
Environmental Volunteering
Winner: Volunteers of Bellarine Catchment Network and Volunteers of the Queenscliff Music Festival
Project: QMF's War on Waste
Volunteer groups at the Queenscliff Music Festival devoted tireless hours to collecting and sorting litter, and interactively educating vendors and patrons on sustainability.
Finalists
- Sea Shepherd Victoria – Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Campaign Victoria
- Greta Valley Landcare Group Volunteers – Paddock trees – The lonely battlers of our landscape
Government
Winner: City West Water
Project: Stormwater Harvesting for a Greener West
Through their Stormwater Harvesting Program, City West Water expanded their alternative water network to provide increased accessibility to stormwater for public open spaces.
Finalists
- Bass Coast Shire Council – Bass Coast Biolinks
- Department of Health and Human Services – EnergySmart Public Housing Research Project
Health
Winner: Bendigo Health
Project: Reducing Waste to Landfill via Recycling Curtains
A commitment to recycling sees Bendigo Health divert a tonne of bed curtains from landfill.
Finalist
- Alfred Health – Alfred Health War on Waste
Innovative Products or Services
Winner: Repurpose It
Project: Australian First Washing Plant
In an Australian first, Repurpose It Pty Ltd launched a Washing Plant to divert construction and demolition waste from landfill.
Finalists
- Green Eco Technologies – WasteMaster
- Schulz Organic Dairy – Schulz Organic Dairy Milk in Glass Bottles
Large Business
Winner: Alex Fraser
Project: Laverton's Sustainable Supply Hub
Alex Fraser’s Sustainable Supply Hub is one of the world’s largest recycling facilities – recovering diverse, high volume, priority waste streams to produce high-quality infrastructure products.
Finalist
- Woolworths Group – Woolworths at Burwood Brickworks
Small and Medium Enterprises
Winner: Repurpose It
Project: Australian-first Washing Plant
Australia’s first ever Washing Plant has positioned Victoria as the leading state in resource recovery and diverted almost 150,000 tonnes of construction waste in the process.
Premier's Recognition Award
Winner: Yarra Riverkeeper Association and Cleanwater Group
Project: Litter and Polystyrene Pollution in the Yarra
Yarra Riverkeeper Association and Cleanwater Group banded together to mitigate the negative effects of litter and polystyrene pollution in the Yarra.
Premier's Regional Recognition Award
Winner: Totally Renewable Yackandandah
Project: Yackandandah Virtual Power Plant
Through the creation of a Virtual Power Plant, Totally Renewable Yackandandah have installed 74kW of solar, dramatically cutting carbon emissions and electricity costs in their locality.
