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Brambles
2006 Annual Report
CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY REPORT CONTINUED
Greenhouse gas intensity, the mass of carbon
dioxide-equivalent gases generated per US dollar of
sales, includes direct and some indirect emission sources.
It includes electricity generation emissions that reflect
Brambles’ net consumption of power. However, due to
a lack of publicly-available information, it excludes the
emissions generated by commercial and industrial suppliers
to Brambles.
Kg CO 2 per US$
CO 2 Equivalent Emission Intensity
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05
0.00
Group* CHEP Recall
2003 2004 2005 2006
* Group refers to CHEP, Recall and Corporate
Energy intensity measures the quantity of energy directly
purchased by Brambles per US dollar of sales.
Megajoules per US$
Energy Intensity
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Group* CHEP Recall
2003 2004 2005 2006
* Group refers to CHEP, Recall and Corporate
Similarly, transport fuel intensity measures the volume
of hydrocarbon fuel directly purchased by Brambles per
US dollar of sales. It includes fuel for all forms of off-site
transport, but excludes on-site movements such as those
by forklift trucks or stock pickers.
Transport Fuel Intensity
Litres per US$
0.030
0.025
0.020
0.015
0.010
0.005
0.000
Group* CHEP Recall
2003 2004 2005 2006
* Group refers to CHEP, Recall and Corporate
Overall, Brambles made modest progress in its GHG,
energy and transport fuel intensity performance during the
year, assisted by improved fuel efficiency and eco-efficient
growth in its continuing businesses. However, as last year,
Brambles advises that changes in its business activities can
have a relatively large impact on the intensity measures.
Community
Brambles’ businesses are part of local communities in each
of the countries in which it operates. These businesses
benefit the local community by creating employment
directly and indirectly, providing high quality support
services that assist customers to grow their businesses
and purchasing materials from local and national suppliers.
Charitable Giving
Brambles provides financial and other forms of support
to a broad range of charitable and community organisations
in three ways:
1. donations funded by corporate headquarters.
This is primarily through Brambles Community Reach,
a programme that provided A$600,000 in grants to
community organisations during 2006. The programme
was expanded from the previous year and preference
was given to grants that benefit the environment, health
or safety. Part of this expansion included Brambles
becoming a Corporate Friend of Clean up the World,
an organisation that mobilises 35 million people in more
than 100 countries each year “to clean up, fix up and
conserve their environment”. Brambles employees can
apply for a grant for a local environmental group
to clean up and conserve their local environment;