Leading Brands in Green Living Green Initiative from the Government
Energy Suppliers with Green Products
Several energy suppliers have embraced green initiatives in the task to tackle environmental issues. In that sense, the following companies operating in Australia feature specific products for residential consumers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Jackgreen 
Jackgreen is an energy supplier specialised exclusively in the provision of green electricity to households located in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. Its philosophy, “Incremental change by many will make a significant difference”, evidences its commitment to reducing carbon emissions through the utilisation of renewable energy sources. Therefore, all Jackgreen’s products are accredited by GreenPower. In other words, every customer at Jackgreen contributes in reducing carbon emissions and combating the impact of climate change.
Jackgreen’s product options include:
Jackgreen Power 10%
Jackgreen Power 20%
Jackgreen Power 25%
Jackgreen Power 50%
Jackgreen Power 100%
Energy Australia 
Energy Australia supplies electricity and gas services to households and businesses across New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Queensland. Portraying itself as “a leader in providing broad-based energy solutions”, it has taken a number of approaches to reducing its greenhouse emissions. PureEnergy, a product accredited GreenPower, is one of them. It encompasses several product options. In Victoria, PureEnergy 25, PureEnergy 50 and PureEnergy 100 are on offer to both private and business consumers. In Queensland, PureEnergy 10 and PureEnergy Premium are the two options available to residential customers whereas PureEnergy Business is only on offer to business equivalents. All of the above options are offered to household and business consumers in New South Wales except for PureEnergy Business, being specific to Queensland.
ActewAGL 
“Being accountable to you and the environment” remains the adage of ActewAGL. Its green energy programme, Greenchoice, is available to both homes and businesses across Australia. In terms of its green initiatives ActewAGL relies on two core products having received the GreenPower accreditation: Greenchoice (block) available to both private and business consumers Australia wide and Greenchoice (consumption) on offer to Australian Capital Territory and Capital region equivalents. Greenchoice (block) comprises the following product options:
GreenChoice 5 (residential only)
GreenChoice 10 (residential and business)
GreenChoice 15 (residential only)
GreenChoice 20 (residential only)
Greenchoice (consumption) options are as listed below:
Greenchoice 10% (residential)
Greenchoice 25% (residential)
Greenchoice 50% (residential)
Greenchoice 100% (residential)
Greenchoice 200% (residential)
Greenchoice Event (business)
Origin Energy 
Origin Energy is an integrated energy company providing solutions to homes and business around Australia. Origin GreenPower offer comprises two core products accredited GreenPower: Solarstream 100% and GreenEarth. While the former, available to private customers Australia wide, includes no product options at all, the latter comprises several options accessible to households in Victoria, New South Wales and Southern Australia. These are as follow:
GreenEarth 10
GreenEarth 20
GreenEarth Extra
GreenEarth Wind
GreenEarth Solar
Along with them coexists GreenEarth Business available to any business around Australia.
In Queensland, Origin GreenPower is accessible to both private (Earth’s choice) and business clients (Earth’s choice Business) through a Franchise.
Country Energy 
Having undertaken many environmental initiatives, including vegetation management and wildlife protection Country Energy is committed to fulfil its environmental responsibility. Countrygreen®, a GreenPower accredited product accessible to all businesses and households in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Australian Capital Territory, is the achievement of its efforts in this domain. For private consumers, Country Energy has devised the product options listed below:
everydayGREEN
liteGREEN
livingGREEN
foreverGREEN
TRUenergy 
“Acting now for a sustainable future” summarizes TRUenergy’s commitment to the climate change. Indeed, having launched the Climate Change Strategy in 2007, TRUenergy is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2050. Its GreenPower accredited product, TRUenergy Green, is accessible to both residential and business customers across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Australian Capital Territory. The options accessible to private consumers are mentioned below:
Go Green
Planet Starter (Wind)
Planet Residential
Planet Plus
Wind Power
Integral Energy 
“It’s time to feel good about the future” epitomizes Integral Energy’s commitment to the environment. To this end, this provider supplying energy to private consumers across Queensland and New South Wales has devised an environmentally-friendly energy solution christened INgreen. Several product options are accessible, depending on the location of the household. INgreen Pure, INgreen Power and INgreen Future are options only accessible to NSW residents whereas INgreen Living has been made available to households across New South Wales and Queensland.
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