Environmental improvements
Environment
As part of our commitment to the natural environment in which we operate, ENERGEX is certified under ISO 14001; the internationally-recognised environmental certification standard.
We are committed to new and improved environmental practices to introduce into our daily activities.
Climate Change
We are dedicated to reducing the environmental impacts of our operations including our carbon, energy and water footprint.
Because we understand the potential impacts of climate change, we manage and report our greenhouse emissions annually under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) framework.
Our Carbon Management Plan outlines a broad range of carbon mitigation initiatives that reduce our emissions, improve efficiencies in energy and waste and drive innovation in delivering energy to customers.
As well as reporting our emissions, we are developing a Network Adaptation Plan to understand the impacts of future climate change scenarios on our network.
Carbon offsets
ENERGEX has fully offset carbon emissions from our fleet of cars and trucks since 1997.
We do this by carbon sequestration or planting trees.
We achieve further environmental benefits by planting native trees to enhance wildlife corridors and waterways.
We have planted almost 300,000 native trees since we started offsetting our fleet emissions.
Environmental offsets
An environmental offset is an action taken to counterbalance unavoidable, negative environmental impacts that result from an activity or a development.
The Queensland Government has developed a policy for environmental offsets (Queensland Government Environmental Offsets Policy) to help conserve Queensland's environmental values for future generations.
These offsets ensure that economic and social development can occur without an overall degradation of our environment.
ENERGEX uses environmental offsets when all government environmental standards have been met and when impacts from an activity or development cannot be avoided or reduced.
Please see our Environment Offsets Policy for details.
Three offsetting policies that affect the way ENERGEX works are:
- Offsets for Net Benefit to Koalas and Koala Habitat, 2006, Department of Environment and Resource Management
- Vegetation Management Offsets, October 2009, Department of Environment and Resource Management
- Mitigation and Compensation for Works or Activities Causing Marine Fish Habitat Loss, 2002, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
- And the future Biodiversity Offsets, Department of Environment and Resource Management, planned for early 2011.
Environmental awareness training
Environmental awareness training is available for external contractors online.
For further details on how to apply, please follow the link to our training page.
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