SUSTAINABILITY REPORT - Landcom

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Landcom is a major developer in the Sydney residential market and plays a significant role in most of the major release
areas planned for the metropolitan area. These include:
– Bringelly Release Area, Camden and Liverpool
– Edmondson Park Release Area, Liverpool and Campbelltown
– Second Ponds Creek, Blacktown
– Spring Farm Release Area, Camden
– Menangle Park Release Area, Campbelltown
– Orchard Hills Release Area, Penrith
– South Hoxton Park Release Area, Liverpool
– Rouse Hill Regional Centre, Baulkham Hills Shire.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
Overall control of Landcom is exercised by the Corporation’s Portfolio Minister (the Hon. Carl Scully, MP), in
conjunction with two Shareholder Ministers (the Hon. Michael Egan, MLC and the Hon. John Della Bosca, MLC). The
Shareholder Ministers represent the interests of Landcom’s wider shareholder base, the people of New South Wales.
A skills-based Board of Directors oversees Landcom’s day-to-day operations. The Board evaluates the work of the
Corporation on behalf of its Shareholders. The Board’s key responsibilities are to set Landcom’s strategic direction, to
establish its major objectives and to ensure the integrity of its operational and financial statements. Further details of
Landcom’s corporate governance arrangements can be found in the 2004 Annual Report.
During 2003/2004 Landcom’s Board comprised the following Directors:
William Kirkby-Jones AM (Chairman)
Sean O’Toole (Managing Director)
Neil Bird AM
Penny Morris AM
Chris Carroll
Gae Raby
Robyn Clubb (appt. Dec 2003).
Landcom employs about 125 people across four business divisions.
Managing Director, Sean O’Toole, heads an Executive team that includes:
Mick Owens, General Manager of Urban Development
Geoff Joyce, General Manager of Urban Renewal
Gregory South, General Manager of Corporate and Finance
David Craig, General Manager of Corporate Marketing.
LANDCOM SUSTAINABILITY AND POLICY TEAM
Landcom demonstrates its commitment to sustainability through
a properly resourced Sustainability and Policy team that assists the
organisation to achieve excellence in Triple Bottom Line practices. The
team’s purpose is to equip Landcom to lead in quality urban
development and in the creation of socially and environmentally
sustainable communities. It helps Landcom to lead by example
so the organisation can influence practices in the property development
industry and achieve better outcomes.
The major areas we focus on in establishing Landcom’s leadership are:
social sustainability, environmental sustainability, urban design,
moderate income housing, innovation, and stakeholder relationships
and partnerships.
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