Environment

Respecting resources to create the best places

We are proud to report that as part of our Environment, Health & Safety Management System, we have implemented Enablon, our centralised database for incident and compliance reporting. Our continued focus on environmental governance ensures that all new work and investment opportunities are assessed and manage risk in the following areas:

  • Hazardous materials or dangerous goods;
  • Energy and carbon;
  • Land condition;
  • Biodiversity;
  • Extreme weather;
  • Heritage; and,
  • Innovation.

Access to data management tools, like Enablon, is provided to our employees globally. All data across these systems is used to monitor and improve our environmental performance and approach. This year we also implemented an eLearning module for Environment, Health and Safety. As at 30 June 2013, 98 per cent of our full time employees with online access to the system had completed the training to meet the standard outlined by their region. Our projects across the globe are now able to self-report and audit compliance against these global minimum requirements.

Reporting

We were the first Australian property company to be included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2001. Since then, our regular inclusion on the index has reflected our longstanding commitment and achievements in sustainable practices. 

We have maintained our position on external social, environment and governance indices in 2013, and this year in the United Kingdom and Australia we also gained external limited assurance of statutory energy and carbon data for the 2011/2012 period. This information supports Lend Lease’s external submissions under regional legislation in these countries and enables us to meet National Greenhouse Energy Reporting Scheme and Carbon Reduction Commitment requirements in Australia and the United Kingdom respectively. 

In Australia, we also participate in the Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) Act 2006. The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (DRET) has approved our Assessment Plan and Lend Lease’s actioning of this Assessment Plan was publically reported on for the 2011/2012 year.

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