Previous Green Globe Award winners

Best of the Best Awards

Premier’s Award for Environmental Excellence
Stone & Wood Brewing Co: Good Beer is Our Thing

Enova Community Energy: Enova Community Energy

Awards for Organisations and Individuals

Business Leadership Award
Stone & Wood Brewing Co: Good Beer is Our Thing

Community Leadership Award
Stucco: Stucco Solar + Storage Community Project

Public Sector Leadership Award
Department of Planning and Environment: Renewable Energy Advocate

Sustainability Champion Award
Alexandra Iljadica: Youth Food Movement Australia

Young Sustainability Champion Award
Anna Jane Linke: Seaside Scavenge

Awards for Impact

Built Environment Award
City of Sydney: Smart Green Apartments

Natural Environment Award
Sydney Institute of Marine Science (and UNSW): Operation Crayweed Underwater Restoration

Resource Efficiency Award
Revolution Apps and Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra Councils: Compost Revolution
Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils: Light Years Ahead

Climate Change Leadership Award
Alternative Technology Association: Alternative Technology Association

Innovation Award
Gate Gourmet Australia: Gate Gourmet Green Dry Ice Project

Awards for organisations and individuals

• Business Leadership Award
  Winner: Unilever Australia and New Zealand – Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
• Community Leadership Award
  Winner: The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre
• Public Sector Leadership Award
  Winner: Sydney Metro (TfNSW) – Sydney Metro Delivery Office
• Sustainability Champion Award
  Winner: Sue Turner – The Uniform Exchange
• Young Sustainability Champion Award
  Winner: Joshua Gilbert

Awards for impact

• Built Environment Award
  Winner: Frasers Property Australia – Fairwater
• Climate Change Leadership Award
  Joint winner: Charles Sturt University
  Joint winner: Teachers Mutual Bank – Banking on Climate Change
• Innovation Award
  Winner: HealthShare NSW – HealthShare Sustainable Service Delivery
• Natural Environment Award
  Winner: Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc – Working Together: Cross-Property Planning
• Resource Efficiency Award
  Mememe Productions – Get Grubby

Best of the best awards

• Premier’s Award for Environmental Excellence
  The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre

• Regional Sustainability Award
  Joint winner: Charles Sturt University
  Joint winner: Jaliigirr Biodiversity Alliance

• 10 Year Sustainability Achievement Award
  BlueScope Steel

Excellence in energy, water and waste efficiency

• Energy efficiency
  Joint winner: Austral Bricks – Substituting Natural Gas with Biogenic Sources
  Joint winner: Stockland – Shellharbour Solar Power Station
• Water efficiency
  Blacktown Workers Club Group – Blacktown Workers Sports Club
• Waste and recycling
  City of Sydney – Zero Waste Program

Excellence in sustainability

• Medium to large business sustainability
  Ferrero Australia – Local Actions to Global Commitments
• Small business sustainability
  Brookfarm – Muesli Powered by the Sun
• Public sector sustainability
  Sydney Opera House – Social Sustainability at the Opera House
• Community sustainability
  Repower Shoalhaven – Pioneering Community Solar in Australia
• Local Government sustainability
  Lismore City Council – Lismore’s Vision, a Model of Sustainability
• Natural environment sustainability
  Greater Taree City Council and the Water Research Laboratory UNSW – Big sSamp Recovery: Evidence Supporting Innovation
• Built environment sustainability – commercial properties
  University of Technology Sydney – Faculty of Science and Graduate School of Health
• Built environment sustainability – residential properties
  Andy Lemann – the Greeny Flat
• Built environment sustainability – infrastructure
  Bankstown City Council – Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre

Excellence in leadership and innovation

• Sustainability champion
  Chris Reardon – Liveability, Building Designers Australia, Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney
• Young sustainability champion
  Seda Hamoud – Liverpool Girls High School Environmental Club
• Climate change leadership
  Bega Valley Shire Council – Tathra Community Solar Farm
• Environmental innovation
  Laing O’Rourke – SunSHIFT

Regional Award

• Lismore City Council – Lismore’s vision, a model of sustainability

Premier’s Award for Environmental Excellence

• Brookfarm – Muesli Powered by the Sun

10-year Sustainability Achievement Award

• University of Wollongong

Excellence in energy, water and waste efficiency

• Energy Efficiency Award
  Western Sydney Local Health District – Retrofitting Hospitals to be more Energy Efficient
• Water Efficiency Award
  Mauri ANZ – Recycled Process Water Beneficial Reuse
• Waste and Recycling Award
  Mars Petcare – Zero Waste to Landfill

Excellence in sustainability

• Medium to Large Business Sustainability Award
  De Bortoli Wines – Re-engineering Our Future for a Carbon Economy
• Small Business Sustainability Award
  Joint winner: Southern Cross Resorts – The Observatory, Port Macquarie
  Joint winner: Serendipity Ice-Cream – Carbon-neutral Ice-Cream
• Public Sector Sustainability Award
  South East Local Land Services – Oyster Industry Partnership Program
• Community Sustainability Award
  Green Strata Incorporated – Advancing the Sustainability Agenda in Residential Strata
• Local Government Sustainability Award
  City of Sydney – Sustainable Fleet Program
• Built Environment Sustainability: Commercial and Residential Properties Award
  Grocon and FJMT architects – Legion House at Liberty Place
• Built Environment Sustainability: Infrastructure Award
  Joint winner: Gosford City Council – Stormwater Harnessing for Sustainable Water Management
  Joint winner: Warringah Council – Warringah Creative Space
• Built Environment Sustainability: Heritage Buildings Award
  Sydney Opera House – Concert Hall Lighting Upgrade
• Natural Environment Sustainability Award
  Joint winner: Tweed Shire Council – Tweed Byron Koala Connections
  Joint winner: Sydney Fungal Studies Group – Endangered Fungi

Excellence in leadership and innovation

• Sustainability Champion Award
  Joint winner: Karen Retra – Seed Savers Albury-Wodonga
  Joint winner: Tim Silverwood – Take 3, a Clean-Beach Initiative
• Young Sustainability Champion Award
  Holley Somerville-Knott – Stardust Entertainment
• Climate Change Leadership Award
  Joint winner: Earthwatch Australia – ClimateWatch
  Joint winner: Hunter Business Chamber, Newcastle City Council and Hunter TAFE, Energy Hunter – Energy Efficiency for SMEs
• Environmental Innovation Award
  StabilCo NSW – MatrixBase

Regional Award

• Gosford City Council – Stormwater Harnessing for Sustainable Water Management

Premier’s Award for Environmental Excellence

• Southern Cross Resorts – The Observatory, Port Macquarie

10-year Sustainability Award

• Joint winner: Mirvac
• Joint winner: Wagga Wagga Council

Energy, water and waste awards

• Energy Efficiency Award
  Hunter TAFE – Solar Cooling and Energy Innovation Project
• Water Efficiency Award
  Riverina Water County Council – Urban Nature-Strip Lawn-Replacement Rebate Scheme
• Waste and Recycling Award
  Bankstown City Council – Wheelie Good Compost and Mulch Giveaways

Sustainability awards

• Business Sustainability Award
  The GPT Group
• Small Business Sustainability Award
  Oak Flats Bowling and Recreation Club
• Public Sector Sustainability Award
  University of Western Sydney, Sydney Olympic Park Authority and the Department of Education and Communities – Youth Eco Summit
• Community Sustainability Award
  Nimbin Neighbourhood and Information Centre
• Local Government Sustainability Award
  City of Sydney – Smart Green Business
• Built Environment Sustainability Award
  DEXUS Property Group
• Heritage Building Sustainability Award
  Mawland Quarantine Station – Q Station
• Regional Sustainability Award
  Renewable Recyclers – Above Ground Mining: Wa$te to Wage$

Leadership and innovation awards

• Climate Change Leadership Award
  Climate Friendly
• Environmental Innovation Award
  REGYP

Premier’s Award for Environmental Excellence

• Joint winner: Nimbin Neighbourhood and Information Centre
• Joint winner: The GPT Group

10-Year Sustainability Award

• Sydney Olympic Park Authority

Energy, water and waste awards

• Energy Efficiency Award
  Joint winner: The GPT Group – Energy-Efficiency Strategy
  Joint winner: Local Government Super – North Sydney
• Water Efficiency Award
  Lachlan Catchment Authority – Lachlan Riverine Working Group
• Waste and Recycling Award
  Bankstown City Council – Recycle Right! at Bankstown

Sustainability awards

• Business Sustainability Award
  Joint winner: The GPT Group – Business Sustainability Strategy
  Joint winner: Interface – Going Beyond Environmental Standards
• Small Business Sustainability Award
  Pablo & Rusty’s café
• Public Sector Sustainability Award
  TAFE NSW Northern Institute – Sustainable Education
• Community Sustainability Award
  Mission Australia – Soft Landing
• Local Government Sustainability Award
  Willoughby City Council – Better Business Partnership
• Built Environment Sustainability Award
  The GPT Group – GPT Headquarters: a New Way of Working
• Regional Sustainability Award
  Lachlan Catchment Authority – Lachlan Riverine Working Group

Leadership and innovation awards

• Sustainability Champion Award
  Paul Marsh – Watersave Australia
• Climate Change Leadership Award
  Local Government Super
• Environmental Innovation Award
  Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney – Urine Diversion for Sustainable Sanitation

Premier’s Award for Environmental Excellence

• Mission Australia – Soft Landing

10-year Sustainability Award

• Joint winner: North Sydney Council
• Joint winner: Waverley Council
• Joint winner: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Joint winner: Mars Food Australia