Global GreenTag International supporting 2024 Sustainability Awards

GreenTag's CEO and Technical Director David Baggs helped to shape this year's Sustainability Summit and Awards in Sydney with Partners - Architecture & Design Take a look at the outstanding winners at this year's event.

Global GreenTag proudly took a role with Architecture & Design (A&D) this year to collaborate with the masthead's events platform, the Sustainability Awards. A&D invited GreenTag's CEO and Technical Director David Baggs to integrate GreenTag's criteria into the Sustainability Awards to further emphasise the importance of eco-friendly design.

Global GreenTag International has become a strong supporter and Industry Partner with A&D and the prestigious Awards.

Architecture & Design said the alliance with GreenTag marks a significant step towards fostering a culture of sustainability in the built environment, inspiring architects and designers to make greener choices.

"With David's deep expertise in product certification and sustainability standards, he was ideally positioned to guide the event, providing insight into how certified, sustainable materials and practices can revolutionise the architecture and design industry, also highlighting key innovations and underscoring the practical importance of transparency and certification in driving sustainable change across the built environment."

The Sustainability Awards help to raise greater awareness about sustainable practices and celebrate innovative projects that prioritise environmental responsibility.

"The calibre of projects and new materials coming through is exciting," said David Baggs. "We congratulate all winners and those who received high commendations across the categories. Please do keep bringing us this exemplar work."

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The outstanding award winner of the night, sponsored by Autex Acoustics, was presented to Jackson Clements Burrows Architects for the T3 Collingwood build in Melbourne. The project represents a new generation of carbon-conscious commercial spaces. The design integrates a 5-level brick and concrete podium with a 10-level lightweight mass timber structure above. Inside features warm timber interiors that foster a calming atmosphere and biophilic connections, promoting occupant wellbeing—a feature not typically associated with high-rise office buildings.

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The Green Building Material Award, sponsored by Cosentino, went to Crafted Hardwood Timber who are using new timber technologies to produce a different kind of timber that addresses current supply chain challenges while remaining deeply rooted in sustainability, effectively minimising waste, promoting the use of low-value forest resources, and opening up new possibilities for timber as a building material.

Special commendations in this category went to two interesting new materials:

• Botanicrete Plant-based Wall Finish - Australia's first wall finish render that uses natural botanical extracts, specifically tree resin, as a sustainable alternative to petrochemical-derived resins, acrylics, or polymers commonly found in most wall finishes.
• Circular Sea Collection – Recycled Oyster Shell Plaster - a sustainable and innovative solution that repurposes tonnes of shell waste from the restaurant and seafood industry, which would otherwise end up in landfill.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE WINNERS IN ALL CATEGORIES

ABOUT GLOBAL GREENTAG INTERNATIONAL:

Global GreenTag™ International Pty Ltd assesses products for all aspects of impacts on human health, ethical labour supply and the environment. The company was established in 2010 as a third party verified Conformance Conformity Assessment Body that conducts the award winning Global GreenTagCert™ certification program, and a third party, multi-criteria, consensus based and externally verified Type 1 Ecolabelling Program that complies and operates under strict International Standards. Global GreenTag is legally approved as a Certification Mark operator by the ACCC in Australia and by equivalent government agencies in NZ, USA, Canada, and South Africa.

Global GreenTag websites and all marketing collateral for every product certified by Global GreenTag is verified as 'fit for purpose' and compliant with ISO 14021. What's more, Global GreenTag's governance and its own external verification and certification against standards such as ISO 14024 (Ecolabelling), ISO 17065 (Conformance Assessment) and ISO 9001 (Quality Management) among others, is unparalleled.

Voted one of the Top 100 Most Trusted Brands in Australia for 3 years running, Global GreenTag currently has more than 20,000 products in certification by over 250 manufacturers with factories in more than 20 countries. Global GreenTag™ certified products are determined as healthy for use using the best science available, with the results being peer reviewed by highly qualified, external consultant Toxicologists.