New standards adopted for identifying products

Standards provider GS1 Australia has announced the release of new Australian Standards by Standards Australia, marking a pivotal milestone towards a more uniform Australia. These new standards incorporate the use of standard GS1 keys, which enable organisations to assign standard identifiers to products, components, documents, assets, and physical locations, according to an announcement. The keys…

Guidelines available ahead of Queensland Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Grant applications opening

Guidelines are available for the Queensland government’s Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Grants (MEEG) ahead of applications opening on October 23.  Grants provide matched grant funding of between $5,000 and $25,000 for equipment or processes to decrease energy use or carbon dioxide emissions, with project needing to demonstrate a 10 per cent reduction in either. In a…