Progress against 2008/09 commitments.

Report environmental performance to the Board via the SS&CR Committee on a six-monthly basis.

Reported environmental performance data to the Committee in September 2008 and March 2009.

Achieved

Review our environmental principles and our approach to water and biodiversity management.

Developed a revised set of Environmental Principles and an outline of AGL’s approach to water and biodiversity management, which are presented in this report.

Achieved

Continue to rollout Taking the Lead with Life Guard, Making a Difference with Life Guard and the HSE component of leadership training which is designed to enhance leadership skills across the business.

Training courses were delivered in 2008/09 .

Achieved

Undertake independent HSE audits of all new construction projects.

Completed HSE audits for major construction projects, including the Bogong Hydro Project and the Hallett 2 Wind Farm.

In Progress

Undertake independent HSE audits of all new business acquisitions operated by AGL.

Completed HSE audits for new business acquisitions operated by AGL, including the Gloucester Gas Project.

In Progress

Undertake independent HSE systems audits of all existing business areas.

Completed HSE systems (Life Guard) audits for all business areas (Merchant Energy, Upstream Gas, Corporate and Retail business units).

Achieved

Review the use of recycled office copy paper for all offices.

Reviewed the use of recycled paper during 2008/09. Conversion to recycled paper will occur during 2009/10.

Achieved

Identify an office paper use reduction target.

Established a target to reduce the amount of office paper used per person (FTE) by 10% compared to 2008/09 by 30 June 2010.

Achieved

Review and further improve the waste and recycling facilities at our Eastwood, Brisbane and new North Sydney offices.

Completed waste audits for the Eastwood, Brisbane and new North Sydney offices and improvements completed or underway.

In Progress

Review the fuel efficiency of our vehicle fleet.

Fuel consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions of AGL’s vehicle fleet was analysed for 2007/08 and 2008/09 .

In Progress

Assess the greenhouse rating of our offices.

Completed in-house assessments for AGL’s North Sydney, Eastwood, Collins Street, Spencer Street and Brisbane offices, with widely varying results.

Achieved

Offset 100% of greenhouse emissions from office electricity use.

Completed

Achieved

Offset 100% of vehicle fleet greenhouse gas emissions.

Completed

Achieved