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Green Collar Talent: Australian Clean Technologies Competition 2012
The Australian cleantech sector is worth about $26 billion and employs over 45,000 people Australia-wide but it’s also a sector in which investment has so far lagged behind the rest of the world.Full article here.
Environment Insitute of Australia and New Zealand: Australian Cleantech Competition
Come and hear about some of last year's success stories and why this year the competition is bigger and better.Full article here.
Green Building Council Australia:Australian Clean Technologies Competition - 2012 Information Session
The Australian Clean Technologies (Cleantech) Competition 2012 competition will be launched in May and will provide another opportunity for Australian cleantech companies to develop their businesses.Full article here.
Start Up Smart: Clean tech competition highlights diversity of ideas
The Australian Cleantech Competition is now open for registrations, with information sessions in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, in a bid to build on the success of last year’s competition.Full article here.
Renew Economy: Open for information
The competition showcases, will be led by Australian Cleantech’s (ACT) CEO John O’Brien, will provide further information on the competition.Full article here.
Sustainability & Infrustructure: Clean technology competition launched
The 2012 Australian Clean Technologies Competition is now open for nominations. Through the competition, entrants will link with business mentors, access training opportunities and showcase their capabilities to potential customers, investors and the media. Full article here.
AZO CleanTech: The 2012 Australian CleanTech Competition has been launched
Come and hear about some of last year's success stories and why this year the competition is bigger and better. Full article here.
Invest in Australia: Launch of 2012 Australian Clean Technologies Competition
Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation, Mark Dreyfus, today announced the 2012 Australian Clean Technologies Competition open for nominations. Full article here.
Start Up Smart: Clean technologies competition opens for entries
Clean tech start-ups have been targeted by the 2012 Australian Clean Technologies Competition, which promises entrants access to mentors, training opportunities, potential customers and investors. Full article here.
Australian Cleantech Competition Launched
3 May - The 2012 Australian Cleantech Competition has been launched by the Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation, Mark Dreyfus. The competition will provide extensive mentoring for many of the top entrants and will help improve their chances of success. See Press Release here
2012 Competition Information Sessions
Come and hear about some of last year's success stories and why this year the competition is bigger and better. Hear from last year's finalists and about the Cleantech Business Accelerator Program and the Australian Cleantech Investment Showcase. Download flyer here
Sydney - 23 May, 3:45pm-6pm. Following on from the Eco Innovation Forum
Australia's Best Cleantech Idea for 2011 Announced
See the 2011 Finalists Pitch their Ideas on Youtube
Australian Clean Technologies Competition 2012
The Australian Clean Technologies (Cleantech) Competition was first run in 2011 as a way to identify the best ways of addressing the challenges of climate change and sustainability. The 2012 competition will be launched in May and will provide another opportunity for Australian cleantech companies to develop their businesses.
The clean technologies industry is worth $26 billion and employs over 45,000 people nationally. The Government’s goal is to ensure a sustainable and cohesive sector that helps Australia meet the growing needs of a green economy.
The competition will promote a uniquely Australian take on building the future of this high-tech, high-skill sector.
Ideas can be for technologies, services and policies that address pollution, waste treatment and energy storage, new ways of looking at energy efficiency, building materials, transportations systems, public utilities and much more.
2012 Competition Information Sessions
Come and hear about some of last year's success stories and why this year the competition is bigger and better. Hear from last year's finalists and about the Cleantech Business Accelerator Program and the Australian Cleantech Investment Showcase. Download flyer here
- Melbourne - 14 May, 5pm-7pm.
- Brisbane - 29 May, 6pm-9pm.
- Sydney - 23 May, 3:45pm-6pm - Following on from the Eco Innovation Forum
Cleantech Business Accelerator Program
Competition entrants will compete to quality for an intensive mentoring package that will see them receive the best advice and to give their businesses the greatest chance to move towards success. This Cleantech Business Accelerator Program will be tailored to suit the diversity of needs reflected in growing businesses – be it access to venture capitalists, patent support, legal advice, research support or corporate assurance.
Up to 30 of the best companies will qualify as Competition Semi-Finalists and be eligible to take part in the Cleantech Business Accelerator Program. This Program will be delivered over two months and will culminate in the companies preparing a business plan that they will be able to use to expand their businesses.
Finalists
Up to six companies will then be selected as Finalists and will receive additional advice and introductions.
The Australian Winner will be announced at an Investment Showcase and Gala Dinner in October. The Winner will be funded to represent Australia at the international GlobalCleantech Open Competition in the US in November 2012. All of the Finalists will be invited to join the Australian delegation attending this event.
The Australian competition is an initiative of the Gillard Government’s $8.2 million Supplier Advocate Program, and is supported by Enterprise Connect, Commercialisation Australia, CSIRO and Austrade.
More information is available at www.innovation.gov.au/supplieradvocates
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