SUSTAINABILITY REPORT - Landcom

Indicator Description Target 2003/2004 Performance 2002/2003 Performance
12 Riparian Corridor Management • Loss of riparian corridors for Category 1 (highly significant) streams. No loss NA NA
• Greater than 40m of riparian corridor from top of bank for Category 1 streams. 100% NA NA
2008
• Length of in-stream breaks resulting from Landcom’s design for Category 1 streams. No breaks NA NA
• 20–30m of riparian corridor from top of bank for Category 2 (moderately significant) streams. 100% 100% 100%
2008
• Length of in-stream breaks resulting from Landcom’s design for Category 2 streams. No target 0 775m
Realignment
• 5–10m setback from top of bank for Category 3 (less significant) streams. 100% 100% 100%
2008
• Length of in-stream breaks resulting from Landcom’s design for Category 3 streams. No target 150m piping 0
• Provide appropriate Riparian Corridor Management Plans for all projects where riparian land exists. 100% 43% 50%
2004
13 Conservation of • Percentage of projects with indigenous heritage issues where consultation occurred. 100% 100% 100%
Indigenous Heritage
• Percentage of significant indigenous heritage objects and places within projects that were conserved. 100% 100% NA
• Percentage of projects with significant indigenous heritage issues that have a Heritage Conservation 100% 100% 100%
Management Plan developed.
14 Conservation of • Percentage of significant heritage items conserved (except where unsafe or contaminated). 100% 89% 100%
Non-Indigenous Heritage
• Percentage of significant heritage places conserved. 100% 100% 100%
• Percentage of projects with heritage listed items and places that have a Heritage Conservation Management Plan. 100% 100% 100%
15 Regulatory Compliance • Percentage of projects that have achieved full regulatory compliance with Protection of Environment Operations Act 100% 100% 100%
and other environment, OHS&R and planning legislation.
• Percentage of civil works contracts that have environmental audits carried out. 100% 85% 21%
• Percentage of civil works environmental audit scores greater than 75%. 100% 100% 89%
• Percentage of builder environmental audit scores greater than 75%. 100% 27% 25%
• Percentage of civil works environmental audit scores less than 50%. 0% 0% 0%
• Percentage of builder environmental audit scores less than 50%. 0% 31% 50%
16 Profitability • Sales revenue: Revenue is the total income Landcom receives including revenue from the sale of land. NA $333,253,723 $281,222,000
17 Profitability • Sales margin: Sales margin is calculated as sales revenue on land sales less the total cost of developing that land NA 48.8% 51.2%
divided by the sales revenue.
18 Profitability • Return on sales: Return on sales is calculated as Landcom’s net operating profit after tax divided by the total revenue
from the sale of land. NA 26.3% 29.5%
19 Profitability • EBIT: This is calculated as Landcom’s earnings before interest and tax. NA $132,180,000 $127,130,000
20 Profitability • Return on equity: This is calculated as the earnings after tax divided by total shareholder equity. NA 24.6% 26.1%
21 Profitability • Return on total operating assets: This is calculated as Landcom’s profit after taxes divided by total operating assets. NA 15.1% 16.5%
22 Financing Capacity • Debt to equity ratio – measure of the amount of debt funding (net) as percentage of equity utilised by Landcom NA 8.0% 9.5%
as at the end of the financial year.
23 Returns to Government • Dividend and tax equivalent returned to the NSW Government during the reporting period. NA $87,978,000 $83,081,000
24 Job Creation • Total number of jobs created through Landcom’s activities. NA 5,270 4,470
NA: Not applicable to projects reported in that year.
• Total economic output generated from Landcom’s activities. NA $413,026,700 $350,351,900
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