SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015

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Sustainability at Tassal Zero Harm for the Environment, People & Fish Sustainability for us is a ‘profit’ centre. It delivers us a competitive advantage over our local and international competitors. Research, science, adaptive farming and innovation work together to continually drive our sustainability credentials. Tassal undertakes and collaborates on a wide range of research that is facilitated through collaborations or directed to meet the company strategy and objectives. Transparent reporting of our sustainability activities has pleasingly become the norm for Tassal. This has placed us at the forefront of the global Salmon industry and manages reputational risk for both the company and our customers. In light of our pioneer position in this area and other initiatives, we have received numerous awards and national and international recognition. Tassal believes that part of its role is as a custodian of the environment – particularly the marine environment. We also acknowledge that environmentally responsible, sustainable production is a precondition for long-term development and growth and it is paramount that the salmonid industry in Tasmania is one which is run with consideration for the environment, and adapted to the marine environment and biological diversity at each marine lease site throughout Tasmania. The sustainability of our company is clearly linked to the health and welfare of our stock which, in turn, is supported by a healthy marine environment. We aim to provide the best possible living conditions for our fish. Having appropriately trained staff looking after fish welfare is paramount. Investing in fish health initiatives improves growth and fish performance, maximises the value of production and maximises the return for the environmental cost of growing those fish. " Tassal believes that part of its role is as a custodian of the environment – particularly the marine environment." Sustainability at Tassal encompasses more than environmental sustainability. As a responsible business, we have a support role to play for the communities in which we operate and for our employees which extends beyond our legal obligations. Tassal employees receive training and development within a culture of care developed under our Zero Harm for People safety program, and the company readily supports employees through the professional and personal challenges that life may present. We never forget that our employees and contractors also belong to the communities within which we operate. Tassal readily supports communities through our dedicated Community Engagement Officer who implements our community engagement strategy. Our sponsorship and donation program is designed to foster activities which create a sense of community. During the reporting year, Tassal achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for all of its farm sites – a global first by a Salmon aquaculture company. The ASC certification is supported by our 20 Tassal Sustainability Report <strong>2015</strong>
certification to Best Aquaculture Practice (BAP) for our marine sites and wet processing. We have maintained our industry leading position in implementing a sustainability focus throughout the company – with WWF-Australia as our principal sustainability partner. Key to this focus is meaningful communication with all of our stakeholders, supporting our goal to develop significant environmental and social initiatives led by stakeholder input. Tassal in general adopts a conservative attitude towards risk taking. We strive to minimise risks (as much as possible) while pursuing strategic ambitions. Our robust Risk Management System is an enterprise wide, holistic system to mitigate risks and recognises that our appetite for risk differs for each area of the business (e.g. operational, strategic, financial, compliance). Our Risk Appetite Statement governs our strategic decisions and provides a level of ‘freedom within boundaries’ and is aligned with a precautionary approach. Overall, Tassal is mitigating risk via a focus on sustainability by: • Implementing best practice infrastructure and fish health capacity • Focusing on impact mitigation and stakeholder engagement • Forming collaborative, forward focused research partnerships, and • Implementing and resourcing compliance, communication, stakeholder, and wildlife management plans – together with transparency in reporting. Tassal Sustainability Report <strong>2015</strong> 21
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Page 3 and 4: Contents Message from our Chairman
Page 5 and 6: “We achieved ASC certification fo
Page 7 and 8: At the same time we successfully im
Page 9 and 10: Message from Ian Miles Head of Safe
Page 11 and 12: Our Salmon Our Biological Assets Ta
Page 13 and 14: Our Network - Sites MELBOURNE, VICT
Page 15 and 16: from Tasmania, increased by 194% ($
Page 17 and 18: Key Enablers The key enablers for t
Page 19: Case Study: Good Governance - Senat
Page 23 and 24: Goal Description FISH HEALTH & WELF
Page 25 and 26: Description PEOPLE Impact on sustai
Page 27 and 28: Our Community Engagement Officer wo
Page 29 and 30: Description ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES I
Page 31 and 32: Our Material Issues We have streaml
Page 33 and 34: Linking Material Impacts to the GRI
Page 35 and 36: consumer label, the ASC promotes ce
Page 37 and 38: WWF is very proud to walk side by s
Page 39 and 40: At each meal, the following factors
Page 41 and 42: Tassal’s Fish-In / Fish-Out Ratio
Page 43 and 44: Description Breeding and genetics I
Page 45 and 46: Salmon Farming in Tasmania’s Mari
Page 47 and 48: Marine Reserves The D’Entrecastea
Page 49 and 50: Changing Ocean Conditions As a prim
Page 51 and 52: 1995. Freshwater hatchery facilitie
Page 53 and 54: Water Quality in Macquarie Harbour
Page 55 and 56: Wildlife Management Tassal is commi
Page 57 and 58: Bird Gate Innovation Bird gates wer
Page 59 and 60: across all sites. This program is i
Page 61 and 62: Anaesthetics are used in Tassal’s
Page 63 and 64: Energy used, and associated CO 2e a
Page 65 and 66: GHG by source (t CO 2 e) 0.48 0.47
Page 67 and 68: Recovery Description of nutrients f
Page 69 and 70: packaging - pouches 1,219,355 units
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“Our longer term vision for the f
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▪ 71% feel comfortable in discuss
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are provided under the wellness ban
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“We place a strong emphasis on em
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periodically reviewing compliance a
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Gender Demographics Total number of
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Percentage of employees who live an
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Sport was an important part of my y
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Phases of worker dependence A depen
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Tassal's total recordable injury fr
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WHS Innovations Standardisation In
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Our Team Each of our processing fac
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Number of positive reports 42 40 35
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Promoting Healthy Lifestyles In add
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Description Tassal certifications I
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Memberships and Committees Tassal i
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Biosecurity Procedures or measures
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unsustainable fishing and safeguard
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GRI Content Index Page General Stan
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Energy External Assurance Page G4-D
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Category: Social (Sub-Category Labo
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