Climate Action Project for Business
PROJECT COMPLETED
PROJECT TIMING: April 2024 to October 2025
Final Report
The final Biz Assist report provides evidence that the Biz Assist Waste & Energy project has demonstrated measurable potential for improved sustainability outcomes across Magnetic Island’s business community.
With 18 months of engagement and data collection, the results provide a foundation for this project to be funded and continue with ongoing collaboration between MICDA, businesses, and the community; tangible waste diversion and emission reduction and a pathway towards the Island’s 2030 zero-waste and renewable energy goals. MICDA reaffirms its commitment to supporting and working with local businesses as key partners in Magnetic Island’s sustainability transition.
READ THE > Business Assist (Biz Assist) Waste & Energy Recommendations Report
About the project
By working together this project aimed to assist Magnetic Island business to be more efficient, profitable, and most importantly, ecologically friendly.
The Magnetic Island Climate Action Project had a strong focus on business given that businesses use most of the electricity, and create most of the waste on the Island.
This grant funding allowed the engagement of two part time Business Advisors, Adriana Labate (Zero Waste) and Stephen Rodan (Energy), who worked with Magnetic Island businesses from April 2024 to October 2025. Find out more about Adriana and Stephen here.
As a business owner, Adriana and Stephen offered tailored free advice via one-off consultations.
Sabine Wigley from Cafe Nourish in Horseshoe Bay explains the ease and the benefits of being a more sustainable and zero waste business.
Zero Waste Business Advisor, Adriana together with Diana Condylas of Plastic Free NQ, worked to:
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Consult businesses about their waste generation and disposal.
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Provide practical and cost effective solutions to reduce waste generation and disposal.
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Help with sustainability related grant, subsidy and rebate applications.
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Help set up the collection of recycled goods as part of the Zero Waste strategy to enable long-term recycling by businesses.
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Look at businesses becoming involved with the current food waste or green waste conversion projects.
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Provide practical help for businesses to become part of the wider plan for Magnetic Island to be free of single-use plastic.
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Provide businesses with advice and practical actions to reduce waste and reduce costs.
There were forums, surveys and workshops to enable businesses to have a say and provide feedback, as well as exchange ideas and actions.
Do you live on Magnetic Island? Visit our Resident Zero Waste page for more information.
Joe Niven from Totally Renewable Magnetic (TRM) explains the ease and importance of changing our energy consumption by installing and using renewable energy to power our businesses and community.
Energy Business Advisor, Stephen worked to:
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Consult business about their energy use.
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Improve energy efficiency and solar generation.
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Help business to obtain electricity from renewable sources by providing you with practical steps, alternatives and solutions that fit specific needs.
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Where relevant, facilitating grant/subsidy/tax incentive applications for energy efficiency improvements.
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Provide advice and practical actions to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.
There were forums, surveys and workshops to enable businesses like yours to have a say and provide feedback, as well as exchange ideas and actions.
Do you live on Magnetic Island? Visit our Resident Energy page for more information.
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