29 Cars = 141.32 tonnes of CO₂-e offset

By signing up to Greenfleet’s program, we have been able to offset the 53,529 litres of fuel used each year and plant 528 trees.

This is one step in our company’s journey towards reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. As part of our goal we have offset the carbon emissions of our company fleet vehicles and staff vehicles leased through Toyota Tsusho.

As part of our next phase in our environmental commitments we are further investigating offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions produced by our LPG forklifts.

Toyota Tsusho (Australasia) Pty. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan (TTC).

Toyota Tsusho provides a diverse range of business products and raw materials through our distribution centres, operating in three states for just-in-time supply of parts and raw materials for automotive and general industrial customers.

For more information please visit our website www.toyotatsusho.com.au

Fuel offset - 46.7 tonnes CO₂-e

Koskela is a furniture design company with a strong environmental focus.  The company prides itself on local manufacture, the use of environmentally preferable materials and the creation of quality products for both the commercial and residential markets.
 
In an industry where natural resource consumption is a consequence of production, we consider it a responsibility to minimise our impact on the environment as much as possible. Koskela's partnership with Greenfleet is an example of one of our initiatives. We are now offsetting the carbon emissions associated with our car travel, air travel, electricty use as well as all our freight Australia-wide.
 
For more information on Koskela, our designs and our environmental policy, please visit www.koskela.com.au

PAY AS YOU DRIVE insurance & carbon offsets

Real Insurance is one of the Hollard group of companies, providing a wide range of insurance products and services to more than 5 million policyholders worldwide.

In 2007 Hollard was named “Best Niche Insurer” by the Australian Banking and Finance Magazine. This award reflects our passion for developing innovative products and services.

Case in point is our latest car insurance product, PAY AS YOU DRIVE, where customers pay for insurance based only on the kilometres they drive. Limiting the amount of kilometres they drive creates a win-win situation all round: saving money, driving less and ultimately polluting less.
 
We are proudly affiliated with Greenfleet and enthusiastically support their efforts by donating to their project of planting mixed native trees to reduce the impacts of climate change.  We are also encouraging our workforce, as well as our customers to support the Greenfleet carbon offset programme, passing all donations over to Greenfleet directly, without charging any handling or administration fees to customers.

PAY AS YOU DRIVE won the 2008 Australian Banking & Finance Magazine Telstra Insurance Award for Best General Insurance Product.

Find out out more at www.payasyoudrive.com.au.

Buy 1 Get 1 Tree Promotion

Nature’s Way® has teamed up with Greenfleet to help reduce Australia’s carbon emission footprint by planting one native tree for every specially marked Nature’s Way® product purchased and registered during the promotional period of 4 August 2008 to 1 February 2009.

Nature’s Way® complete range of nutritional supplements are designed to help restore and maintain natural health. The ‘Buy 1 Get 1 Tree’ campaign was created not only to reinforce the Nature’s Way position of natural balance with nature, but to encourage individuals to assist in reducing the greenhouse gases they produce by offsetting those remaining through forest planting.

Nature’s Way® key objective for this campaign is to assist Greenfleet in generating awareness of carbon emission reduction by delivery an offer which provides consumers with a unique opportunity to give something back.

How can you help!
Simply purchase a promotional Nature's Way® product from a participating store (Woolworths, Coles or selected pharmacies) during the promotional period (04/08/08 – 01/02/09) and register online, it's as simple as that!

For more information visit www.naturesway.com.au/buy1get1tree

One tree for every laptop, desktop, server, printer or photocopier

Ozwide Asset Management are Asset & Equipment Finance specialists, big enough to help, small enough to care.

With over 35 years combined Equipment Finance experience, we strive to give our clients access to the best asset finance outcomes, so they will deal with us time and time again.

Under our partnership with Greenfleet, Ozwide Asset Management will sponsor the planting of one Australian Native tree for every Laptop, desktop, server, printer or photocopier financed.

We are more than happy to quote you for one laptop, or you whole IT fleet. We also finance commercial vehicles of all shapes and sizes.

Car travel, flights & energy use - 92 tonnes CO₂-e

General Practice Training - Valley to Coast delivers postgraduate vocational training for General Practice in the beautiful Hunter, Central Coast and Manning regions of New South Wales.

As a supporter of Greenfleet’s program, we will offset over 92 tonnes of CO₂-e through the purchase of 344 trees for the 2007/08 financial year.

These emissions are attributable to car travel, flights and energy use within the business.

This is our first step toward substantially reducing the environmental impacts associated with our business.

From here we plan to involve and encourage all our staff and stakeholders to further reduce our impact through sustained effort and long term commitment for a better environment.

For more information please visit our website www.gptvtc.com.au

 Fuel offset for 45 4WD vehicles

The NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) is responsible for preventing and responding to fire emergencies, protecting 90 percent of the State’s population in the major cities, metropolitan areas and towns across rural and regional NSW.

The NSWFB also protects all of the State’s 6.83 million people and its inland waterways from hazardous material emergencies, and maintains 166 units accredited to rescue people and animals from non-fire situations.

The NSWFB’s purpose is to minimise the impact of hazards and emergency incidents not only on the people and economy of NSW, but also its environment.

An organisational priority for the NSWFB is to operate in an environmentally responsible and ecologically sustainable manner by implementing a range of initiatives to save water and energy, reduce waste and increase recycling. Planting trees to offset vehicle carbon emissions for our fleet of 45 Inspector response vehicles is one of many new initiatives the NSWFB is undertaking to reduce its carbon footprint.

Environmental considerations are integrated into all NSWFB activities and decision-making, both at incidents and in day-to-day business.

For more information about the NSWFB visit www.fire.nsw.gov.au.

55 vehicles

Gurney Earthmoving Pty Ltd is an Australian owned and operated family based company, which in 2006 took up the environmental challenge and began working on erasing their carbon footprint left on this beautiful country we live in.

Now two years later, this family owned and operated civil construction company has undergone a name change to RDS Civil, tripled in size and is working towards ensuring the sustainability of this country through their commitment to environmental management and partnerships such as this one with Greenfleet. www.rdscivil.com.au

9.3 tonnes CO₂-e – offsetting unleaded petrol and biodiesel use

President Ford is committed to a role of environmental leadership in all facets of the business. Our commitment is to understand environmental issues, with the aim to developing flexible and innovative solutions, to share with our partners to bring about change.

5,702 tonnes CO₂-e

Capital Transport is proud to be a Greenfleet partner.

Within the transport sector, environmental impact is a critical issue that needs to be recognised and acted upon. Capital's investment and commitment to Greenfleet is our start in a journey to address this important issue.

Corporate Social Responsibility has been a core business principle of ours for many years. Our legal, commercial and public responsibilities are met by management that is accountable. Our business is conducted ethically and with a strong social conscience. 

We seek to operate with sustainable business practices, which are supported by initiatives that generate a positive influence on society. We concentrate on four key areas: the environment, our marketplace, our community, and our workplace. 

Our ongoing commitment to Greenfleet already includes the future planting of more than 21,000 trees within permanent native forests throughout Australia. These trees will help to offset some of the damaged caused to the environment through CO₂ emissions and other business related activity.

Capital Transport's strategic plan is to become carbon neutral and our partnership with Greenfleet is the first step to achieving this goal.

701 tonnes CO₂-e

ON-Q Human Resources (ON-Q) is one of Australia's largest, most experienced and successful not-for-profit employment services providers. Our specialised employment program suite spans Australian Apprenticeships and Traineeships (Start Smart), Vocational Rehabilitation (Reconnect), Disability Employment (Real Ability) and School to Work Transition (Get Ready). Located in the Northern Rivers area of NSW and on Queensland's Gold Coast, we work closely within our communities to help people, especially those with a disability, into paid employment. We also have a range of professional services to assist Employers to recruit staff.
ON-Q is quality assured against international ISO Standards, as well as Australia’s National Group Training and Disability Standards. We have a clear company mission and pride ourselves on our high ethical and professional standards.

In 2008, ON-Q engaged GHD to perform an Environmental and Carbon Footprint Audit to determine the CO₂ emissions associated with all company practices. They assessed the company on four key areas of emissions: Energy, Resources, Vehicle Fleet and Waste Management. From this baseline, ON-Q was able to develop an implementation strategy, individualised to suit the abilities and culture in each office, and an ongoing reduction plan. Strategies include staff engagement, a review of the structure of work and motor vehicle usage, recycling and reduction schemes, shifting to renewable power sources and the development of an Environmental Policy.

Over the next period we will review our motor vehicle fleet, re-engineer our business model to reduce reliance on motor vehicles, identify and adopt clean energy sources or where this is out of our control, negotiate with our landlords. The main focus of ON-Q’s Green Initiative is a shift towards sustainable business practices and a reduction in resource usage and waste. This is in line with our Company Mission and social responsibility focus. Environmental responsibility has other benefits as well; there is a relatively low associated cost with reduction, high levels of staff pride in the initiative, it is attractive to potential staff and is overall, “the right thing to do”.

Find out more at www.onqhr.com.au