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Sweet deal sees Mars Australia hit 100% renewable electricity
Mars Australia has become one of Australia’s first companies to be powered with 100% renewable electricity, flicking the switch on a groundbreaking power purchase agreement with Victoria’s largest solar farm.The FMCG giant is behind some of the country’s best-loved treats, including Mars Bars and the Milky Way. The sweet deal means Mars’ Australian operations, which…
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Shoppers urge Coles to become a greener grocer: new poll
Melbourne, 8 December 2020 – Australians want Coles to become a greener grocer, with a new poll showing that nearly three quarters of Aussie shoppers want the supermarket chain to switch to 100% renewable electricity. Coles is the only major Australian supermarket that has not yet made the full switch to 100% renewable electricity, following…
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The Fresh Energy People: shoppers applaud Woolworths’ commitment to 100% renewable electricity by 2025
SYDNEY, Nov 11 2020: Woolworths, Australia’s largest supermarket chain and the country’s sixth largest electricity user, has made the latest move in the retail race to renewables, announcing that it will commit to source 100% of its electricity from new-build wind and solar by 2025.The announcement today, which gives Woolworths the energy edge on rival…
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Time for Coles to go all the way on energy: Greenpeace
SYDNEY, Thursday 5th November 2020 – Greenpeace is calling on Coles to commit to 100% renewable electricity by 2025 at the supermarket giant’s AGM held today.As the country’s 12th largest energy consumer with over 2500 stores around the country, pursuing a nation-wide transition to 100% renewable electricity would prevent over 1.5 million tonnes of carbon…
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Bunnings: lowest emissions are just the beginning
SYDNEY, 28 October 2020 – Another Aussie icon is set to power its operations with the sun as Bunnings today commits to 100% renewable electricity by 2025.Greenpeace has welcomed the announcement, which includes a roll out of energy efficiency measures, onsite solar and battery storage at many locations across Australia, with more investment in large…
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Coles Queensland: down down, emissions are down
SYDNEY, Tuesday 22 September 2020 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the announcement today that Coles will source more than 90% of its Queensland electricity requirements from clean energy.Today’s announcement of a landmark 10-year agreement with the state-owned clean energy generator and retailer CleanCo is a huge step towards a commitment to 100% renewable energy, said…
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ALDI’s latest special: 100% renewable energy
ALDI supermarket, of the famed ‘Special Buys’, has today announced an extra special buy - the commitment to purchase 100% of its electricity from renewable energy by the end of 2021
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Billions of bags: The cost of inaction on plastics in NSW and Victoria
Last Friday 28/07, state and territory environment ministers met in Melbourne. Plastic pollution was on the agenda – and there was a great deal of hope that NSW and Victoria would finally join the movement to ban single-use plastic bags. Greenpeace activists demonstrate outside the venue of a meeting which News South Wales State Premier,…
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Greenpeace finds nuclear waste headed to Australia classified as high-level waste by France
Press release – 1 December, 2015Sydney, 2 December 2015 – Nuclear waste returning to Australia this weekend by ship from France has been classified as high-level waste by French authorities, contradicting Australia’s claims over its radioactivity, a Greenpeace report has found.Greenpeace’s investigation also found the waste still contains quantities of plutonium – highly toxic even…
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It’s not a whale. It’s not a shark. It’s a whale shark!
…or maybe it’s a Whark? Whatever you want to call it, today is International Whale Shark Day! But before you start running away screaming “Jawwwwws!” don’t be alarmed. With a face like a whale and a body like a shark, these seemingly frightening creatures are actually gentle giants. Found in tropical oceans in areas…