Premier's Sustainability Awards – 2021 winners and finalists
The Premier’s Sustainability Awards categories were revamped for 2021 to reflect the current focus of sustainability activity in Victoria and align with global best practice. There are 6 categories, with 2 award types per category.
These are the 2021 Premier's Sustainability Awards category winners and finalists.
Clean, affordable and secure energy
Community Champion Winner: Black Stump Technologies
Project: Renewable Energy UPS – Major Projects Victoria
Black Stump Technologies provide a complete and demonstrated solution for a large scale clean energy challenge.
Industry Leader Winner: Allume Energy
Project: SolShare: Unlocking Solar for Apartments
Allume didn’t think it was fair for apartment residents to be locked out of the renewable energy transition and, as a result, created the SolShare.
Climate action
Community Champion Winner: Brentwood Secondary College
Project: Towards Zero Bremissions
In 2020, Brentwood Secondary Collage launched their 'Towards Zero Bremissions' initiative aimed at reducing their greenhouse gas emissions from 540 tonnes to zero.
Healthy environment
Community Champion Winner: First Friends of Dandenong Creek
Project: Short film – The Eels of Dandenong Creek
First Friends of Dandenong Creek's short film sought to create awareness around how pollution of the Dandenong Creek eliminated a large portion of the short-finned eel.
Industry Leader Winner: The Nature Conservancy Australia
Project: Bringing Back Victoria's Lost Oyster Reefs
The Bringing Back Victoria's Lost Oyster Reefs project was designed to improve one of Victoria's most prized assets - Port Phillip Bay.
Social and economic justice
Community Champion Winner: Yarra Valley ECOSS
Project: Yarra Valley ECOSS
Yarra Valley ECOSS are creating a vibrant community hub that demonstrates sustainable living.
Industry Leader Winner: Melbourne Water, Aqua Metro Services & Wara Paring Civil Construction
Project: Wara Paring
Wara Paring Indigenous Civil Construction Project exists to co-create a 100% Indigenous-owned civil construction business, with the capacity to deliver services to the water sector.
Sustainable places
Community Champion Winner: Yarra Valley ECOSS
Project: Yarra Valley ECOSS
Yarra Valley ECOSS are creating a vibrant community hub that demonstrates sustainable living.
Industry Leader Winner: Cardinia Shire Council
Project: Deep Creek Reserve
Cardinia Shire Council turned 48 hectares of former farmland at the Deep Creek Reserve, into a community park in 2003.
Waste reduction and the circular economy
Community Champion Winner: Jo Algie of Ambulance Victoria
Project: Uniform Recycling Program
The Uniform Recycling Program exists to recycle old Ambulance Victoria uniforms. Restorative and regenerative by design, the program delivers these to people and organisations in need.
Industry Leader Winner: OzHarvest
Project: Food Rescue and Redistribution
OzHarvest is a not-for-profit, for-impact organisation, rescuing surplus food that would otherwise go to waste.
Premier's Recognition Award
Winner: The Nature Conservancy Australia
Project: Bringing Back Victoria's Lost Oyster Reefs
The Bringing Back Victoria's Lost Oyster Reefs project was designed to improve one of Victoria's most prized assets – Port Phillip Bay.
Premier's Regional Recognition Award
Winner: Macedon Ranges Shire Council
Project: Healthy Landscapes for Healthy Livestock
The Healthy Landscapes for Healthy Livestock project was initiated in response to poor land management outcomes observed across the Macedon Ranges.
