Australasia Awards 2026
Finalists
Business Start-up Award
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Birra Technologies, Australia - Shipping Without the Green Premium: Methanol from Waste Biogas
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IPMF Technologies, Australia - 3D-AeroDry®: World-first ambient-air vertical sludge drying
- Nurox Hydrothermal, New Zealand - Transforming Hazardous Medical Waste Treatment
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SA Nano, Australia - Device for Rapid Screening of Nanomedicine Formulations
Energy Award
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Adelaide University, Australia - Scalable Dry-Electrode Manufacturing for High-Mass-Loading Zinc–Iodine Batteries
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Coregas, New Zealand - A Circular Manufacturing Model for Zero-Discharge Acetylene Production and Byproduct Recovery
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Fonterra; Transpower, New Zealand - Ōhangai Substation – Collaboration enabling electrification at pace
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University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia - HySupply and SuSteel: Research and Evidence Building
Excellence in Knowledge Exchange and Research Award
- Adelaide University, Australia - NEXMIN - Next-generation Molecular Intelligence for Minerals
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MK Pro Products and Services, Australia - Translating research into lithium battery fire prevention
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RMIT University, Australia - Solvent-Free Recovery of Critical Minerals from Lithium-Ion Battery Waste
Health, Wellbeing and Food Award
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All Energy; Australian Meat Processing Corporation (AMPC); JBS Australia; Pelleton Renewables, Australia - True Circular Economy: Renewable Energy Boiler Fuel from Within Supply Chain By-Products
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BOC, Australia - Innovating traditional beef trim chilling processes with liquid nitrogen
- UNSW Sydney, Australia - Engineering sustainable plant-based food systems
Process Safety Award
- Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG), Australia - Process Safety in Gas Distribution
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Kemira Oyj, Australia - Kemira Hallam Life Saving Rules: Transforming Process Safety through Critical Control Assurance
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Origin Energy, Australia - Improving Management of Change: the power of industry collaboration
Sustainable Systems Award
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All Energy; Australian Meat Processing Corporation (AMPC); JBS Australia; Pelleton Renewables, Australia - True Circular Economy: Renewable Energy Boiler Fuel from Within Supply Chain By-Products
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Gaiatech, New Zealand - Anaesthetic Gas Capture for Low-Carbon Surgery
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RMIT University, Australia - Solvent-Free Recovery of Critical Minerals from Lithium-Ion Battery Waste