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Environmental performance in our office operations The thinking behind our indicators ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE IN OUR OFFICE OPERATIONS In addition to measuring our performance in our projects, like many organisations we have indicators that monitor our operations at an organisational level. The New South Wales Government has issued sustainability guidelines with which all its agencies must comply. While our small size and legal structure (a state-owned corporation) mean that we fall below the compliance threshold for these guidelines, we have voluntarily chosen to meet them and have formalised this commitment by incorporating them into our targets. We have done so because they represent good sustainability practice. That said, our ability to achieve them is, in some cases, hampered by factors outside our control. For example, our tenancy agreement limits our ability to effectively measure our water and electricity usage because we aren’t able to access separate metering to monitor our performance against a baseline. However, Landcom will relocate its head office next year and we will take the opportunity to incorporate as many conditions as possible in our future lease contract to ensure that we can improve our performance and meet the targets we have established. Indicator descriptor Water conservation Energy conservation Indicator Reduce potable water consumption by 15% by 2010/2011 Corporate fleet environmental performance score of 13.5/20 for passenger vehicles and 9.0/20 for light commercial vehicles Target 2009/2010 to 2014/2015 Baseline to be determined Result 2010/2011 Result 2009/2010 Target 2002/2003 to 2008/2009 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 No result N/A No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 13.5 and 9 14.2 and 8.5 14.2 12 13 13 13 Carbon neutral operations for each office Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fleet by 20% based on 2004/2005 emissions (CO 2 e tonnes) Greenhouse gas emissions generated through vehicle fleet 100% of greenhouse gas emissions offset Position being finalised Baseline to be determined No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 < 42 28.4 29.2 No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 N/A N/A N/A No target 43 tCO 2 e 42 tCO 2 e 51 tCO 2 e How we performed Water usage The corporate water indicator is currently being developed in line with the new indicator from the New South Wales Government’s sustainability strategy. As mentioned, our existing tenancy limits our ability to report on our potable water consumption. Our move to a new head office is planned for August 2012. The new office has improved sustainability performance (NABERS 5 star) and will allow us to track our performance against this indicator. The target is to reduce water consumption by 15% by 2010-2011. Given that our first baseline year will be 2012-2013 and we won’t be able to record a result until 2014-2015, the timeframe for this indicator will be revised following our move. Reduce reliance on offsets to achieve carbon neutrality Purchase 100% GreenPower for office use Reduce corporate greenhouse gas emissions by 1% annually based on the previous year’s greenhouse gas emission generation Greenhouse gas emissions generated from electricity consumption No target Units of 100% Greenpower purchased 1% less energy consumption than previous year Position being finalised. A fuel reduction did result since the previous reporting period. 100% Greenpower purchased for office use 1% reduction achieved – 212 CO 2 e kg per employee generated Baseline to be determined No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 100% No target 100% 100% 100% 214 CO 2 e kg per employee generated No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 N/A N/A N/A No target 465 tCO 2 e 434 tCO 2 e 439 tCO 2 e 46 landcom annual report 2011
Energy and greenhouse gas emissions The total greenhouse gas emissions were 212 carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) kilograms per person. This represents a significant reduction from last year’s result. The methodology used last year to calculate our emissions included electricity use, which shouldn’t have been included because we purchase 100% GreenPower for electricity, and therefore don’t generate greenhouse gas emissions on this count. If we remove electricity from last year’s calculation, the result was 214 CO 2 e kilograms per person. This is due to less fuel and an increased proportion of ethanol blend fuel being used. Fleet operations All Landcom’s vehicles are required to meet an average annual Vehicle Environmental Performance Score, in accordance with the New South Wales Government’s sustainability policy. The score is calculated using the system adopted for the New South Wales Clean Car benchmarks, which rates a car’s emissions and its impact on air quality. Landcom’s targets for passenger and light commercial vehicles are 13.5/20 and 9.0/20 respectively. We not only exceeded the target for passenger vehicles, scoring an environmental performance of 14.2, we also beat the New South Wales Government’s benchmark of 12. We scored 8.5 on light commercial vehicles, which is below our target. Our total fleet emissions were 28.4 CO 2 e tonnes, an improvement on last year’s 29.2 CO 2 e tonnes and an improvement on our 2004-2005 fleet emissions of 42 CO 2 e tonnes. The improvement can be attributed to the purchase of more fuel efficient vehicles and increased use of cleaner fuels. Of the fuel purchased 72% was the E10 ethanol blend. Carbon neutrality The bulk of Landcom’s greenhouse gas emissions are ‘Scope 3’ emissions (i.e. emissions by others doing work on our behalf), which are addressed partly through our broader energy and sustainability supply chain indicators. Accepted industry standards for a carbon framework to account for, and offset, greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality are still evolving. According to a methodology developed with sustainability consultancy Net Balance, we achieved 100% carbon neutrality by offsetting 100% of the energy used in our operations (Greenfleet offsets). We are, however, reviewing the most appropriate framework to adopt for our business, including the extent to which we disclose our Scope 3 emissions, and aim to have this clarified by next year’s report. ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE IN OUR OFFICE OPERATIONS | continued Indicator descriptor Indicator Target 2009/2010 to 2014/2015 Result 2010/2011 Waste A4/A3 paper purchased with recycled content 100% 98% of office paper contained 100% recycled content (3,516 of 3,571 reams), 54% of marketing materials contained 100% recycled content Paper purchased with recycled content (measured in reams of 500 sheets) Result 2009/2010 99% or 4,396 of 4,441 A4 equivalent reams N/A N/A N/A Used toner cartridges recycled No target 162 198 of 198 cartridges recycled (100%) Target 2002/2003 to 2008/2009 85% of paper purchased contains recycled content 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 A4 – 2,910 reams, A3 – 148 reams A4 – 3,105 reams, A3 – 96 reams A4 – 3,077 reams, A3 – 81 reams No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010. Landcom has intermittently reported this in previous years. Volume of co-mingled recycling No target 0.3t 0.4t No target 0.4t 0.4t 0.2t Percentage (and number) of retired computers and monitors reused or recycled 100% 100% - 61 computer and 49 monitors 100% - 20 computers and monitors recycled No target 23 monitors sent to landfill 20 CPU and 38 monitors reused, 11 monitors sent to landfill Volume of paper and cardboard recycled No target 16.9t 12.5t No target 7.9t 4.1t 4.4t Nevertheless we continue to make welcome inroads into energy efficiency as indicated by our decreasing reliance on offsets. This year we purchased 29.85 CO 2 e tonnes of carbon offsets by planting 111 native trees, compared with the 31.1 CO 2 e tonnes offset last year. No data landcom annual report 2011 47
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