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HEADING ENVIRONMENT
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Carbon Trading – Why Going Green is Good
What is Carbon Trading?
Carbon trading is the term applied to the trading
of certificates representative of the volume of
carbon generated by businesses. If reducing
carbon emissions is not possible, investing in
carbon offsetting to become carbon neutral is
required by:
• Buying and trading in carbon credits or
• Sequestration by investing in forestation
programs.
Currently Carbon Trading is a black market
affair in Australia as the Australian Government
has yet to establish acceptable emission levels to
match the international industrial acceptance
of carbon trading.
How does this affect your
business unit?
Toll Group is a signatory member to the
Greenhouse Challenge Plus and the Energy
Efficiency Opportunity Program. Both require
establishing emission abatement initiatives to
HEADING COMMUNITY
Still smiling after a gruelling six hour slog on foot and mountain bike riding is the Toll
NZ team who participated in the Cure Kids Great Adventure Race. Left to right: Andrew
De Lisle – Toll Rail; Bruce Houghton – Toll NZ Corporate; Gretchen Stone – Toll NZ
Corporate and Mark Thomson – Toll NZ Corporate.
reduce our carbon emission in the course of
normal operations.
Failing to meet compliance, will place Toll’s Fuel
Tax Credit claim rebate at risk and incur
fines of $100,000 per instance of breaching
the agreement.
Toll Group is currently establishing the
Australian Government program compliance
requirements focusing on carbon trading, in the
event that carbon emission levels with business
units cannot be reduced.
As part of compliance, all communication
relating to the Toll Group emissions and carbon
trading is to be recorded and documented
by the Environment and Energy Manager –
Pierre Lauwers.
What should be done?
Report your potential emission abatement and
carbon offsetting validated ideas to your
respective Operational Manager and OH&S /
Risk Managers by October 2007.
Team Toll Shines in Cure Kids
Over 34 teams from a variety of companies last week
participated in the Cure Kids Great Adventure Race, including
a Toll NZ contingent for the first time.
The event involves at least six hours of ‘hard slog’ on foot and by bike
through the Waitakere Ranges and along the coast – sometimes in
chest-deep water.
“Our company’s team, which entailed Bruce Houghton, Mark Thomson,
Andrew De Lisle and Gretchen Stone, finished in a creditable eighth
position,” says Toll NZ Corporate Communications Manager Sue Foley.
“Gretchen's effort was made even more remarkable by the fact she
came in with only three weeks' training after Angelique McCall had
injured herself at the last minute,” says Sue. “All team members paid
tribute to their Leader, Bruce, who did an outstanding job of guiding
the team through the day, ensuring they ate at key times and also most
importantly did not get lost.”
In November 2007, emission abatement ideas
will be presented to the Australian Government
assisting Toll as a group to meet its program
compliance requirements.
Your idea could
be amongst them.
Good luck!
Pierre Lauwers –
Toll Group
Environment
and Energy
Manager.
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The support crew consisted of David Jackson, Greg Steele, Angelique and
Paul Watene, who also want to thank Toll Tranzlink Driver Dion who most
ably ensured the crew and all their gear arrived at each transition area.
Despite the remoteness of the location, full points to Greg for ensuring
no matter where they were, the music still played on. Sue says it was
a great moment when Team Toll appeared on the final leg to much
cheering from the ground crew.
“Big thanks to all those who took part,” said Sue. “Special mention
also needs to be made to Rowen Elford who amongst all other
miracles on the day, ensured even at 6.30am in the middle of nowhere,
we all got hot coffee. Also to Angela Aprea and Sonny who, with Paul,
came all the way from Hamilton to back the team.
“Special thanks to everyone who donated money and the Interislander
Team who were out early in the morning rattling tins under
passengers. We look sure to have a team entered next year.”
The Team Toll with the full support crew that included Toll NZ CEO David Jackson, 5th
from left.
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