Upcoming circular economy virtual events and vote in the Circle Awards
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Welcome to May CEBIC e-bulletin edition.
This month we're:
- on the road with OzHarvest
- looking forward to some upcoming virtual events on the future of textiles and opportunities for commercialisation support
- sharing highlights from our Smart and Circular event at Melbourne Knowledge Week and other recent events
- voting for those shaping the circular economy with The Circle Awards.
Warm regards,
CEBIC team
#VicGoesCircular
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The CEBIC team on the road with OzHarvest
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The Path to Half identified the importance of increasing food rescue, recovery and donation to achieve Victoria's target of halving food waste by 2030. Recently, members of the CEBIC team joined food rescue organisation OzHarvest on a day out to see how their operation works.
Emily and Sarah were shown around the warehouse, which houses around 8 vehicles and excess stock that has been collected. The warehouse is also used for corporate cooking days using the collected foods, which are turned into meals and distributed to centres that support people in need.
Various supermarkets were visited to collect and redistribute food that would otherwise be destined for waste. The discarded food consisted of overstock of certain foods, items that were edible but about to reach their ‘best before’ date, fruit and veg that were slightly knocked around or less visually appealing, and packets that had been opened but the food product itself was still individually wrapped and intact. The majority of wasted foods included bread, eggs and bananas.
In a day, around 1,000kg of food is collected and redirected to people in hardship, refugees, the homeless, and a huge array of others by organisations such as Northpoint, The Australian Red Cross, and St Vincent's de Paul Society soup van.
CEBIC is leading a workshop in early June with food rescue, food industry, and senior government stakeholders in partnership with Stop Food Waste Australia to identify opportunities and barriers to reach this target. Stay tuned to hear about the workshop outcomes.
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Redesigning Tomorrow... Today: Fashion’s Circular Future Textiles
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This webinar by the Australian Fashion Council (AFC) and Raw Assembly will deconstruct and explore the way in which design needs to evolve to realise the potential of fashion’s circular future.
This session is part of the AFC’s Responsible Fashion series, supported by City of Sydney.
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Wednesday 16 June 2021
3:45 pm to 5:15 pm AEST
Online
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Accelerating Commercialisation: Information Session
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The Australian Government's Accelerating Commercialisation service provides expert guidance and support to small and medium businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers to help commercialise novel products, processes, and services.
Join Jonathan Chak from i4 Connect to learn more about:
- what makes you eligible
- what support is available
- how to apply for Commercialisation Guidance
- how to apply for an Accelerating Commercialisation Grant.
Presentation to be followed by questions and answers via Zoom.
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Wednesday 2 June 2021
2:00 pm
Online
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Smart and Circular at Melbourne Knowledge Week
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The Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre and Planet Ark Australian Circular Economy (ACE) Hub hosted the event ‘Smart and Circular’ on Thursday, April 29 at Melbourne Knowledge Week 2021.
The event was hosted by circular economy expert Jodie Bricout, who was joined by an expert panel to explore how data and technology can be used to design out waste and enable circular economy, business models.
Learn more about how adopting a circular approach is beneficial for businesses, explore the summary highlights or watch a replay, view the news article.
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Replay of Building a more circular Australia – the opportunity of transitioning to a circular economy
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If you missed Planet Ark Australian Circular Economy (ACE) Hub's webinar last month, 'Building a More Circular Australia', watch the replay.
The webinar explores the findings of new PwC report ‘Building a More Circular Australia’. You will learn: the projected economic and environmental savings of shifting to a circular model and strategies for activating change in your sector.
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Highlights of the Australian Dairy Industry Sustainability Forum – May 2021
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The Australian Dairy Industry Sustainability Forum, a long-standing stakeholder reference group for the Australian Dairy Industry Sustainability Framework was held in May 2021. The key theme looked at the role of the Australian dairy industry as part of a sustainable food system reimagined. It doubled up as an independent dialogue for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021.
There was a great mix of people in the room representing the full dairy supply chain and various innovators and businesses all working together. Conversations mentioned circular economies and how the dairy industry could find ways to increase circularity in the milk manufacturing process and also in bottles and cartons.
Some great knowledgeable speakers presented some of the key issues in the dairy industry around sustainability particularly focusing on health, the challenges of a global market, and the impact COVID19 has had in the last 12 months.
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Breakthrough Victoria Fund
The Fund, a $2 billion investment over 10 years, is designed to drive investment in research, innovation and growth in key industry sectors including health and life sciences, agri‑food, advanced manufacturing, clean energy and digital technologies, all aimed at creating more jobs.
It will also draw on Victoria’s key innovation and employment precincts including Parkville, Arden Macauley, Fishermans Bend, La Trobe Bundoora, Waurn Ponds and Monash Clayton, fostering collaboration between industry and research partners, and creating jobs.
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The Circle Awards 2021 AUS & NZ – Open for Voting
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The Circle Awards 2021 AUS & NZ are live for voting. Take a look at some of the best circular companies in Australia and New Zealand. Some familiar faces from our CEBIC Melbourne Design Week and Melbourne Knowledge Week events are there - Great Wrap, LUP Global and Grainstone.
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Get in touch
Get in touch with CEBIC team by emailing cebic@sustainability.vic.gov.au
Do you have a burning question? Or simply looking to meet the team? Grab a time for a quick chit-chat! We'd love to meet you and hear about your circular economy goals. Book a one-to-one meeting. |
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