The Australian Food and Grocery
Council (AFGC) has launched a new technology system — ePIF — which enables companies to
track product information across its entire supply chain and provide timely information to regulators.
One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building
products;
tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship
Council certified timber, bamboo and other
products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade
products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.
Alan Smithson, co-founder and CEO of virtual and augmented reality company MetaVRse; Brian Boychuk, senior vice president of sales and marketing at asset
tracking company BeWhere; and Grant Courville, head of
product management, automotive and embedded at BlackBerry QNX all took the 5G Canada
Council stage to inform attendees of their industry's needs for faster data speeds.